User Manual LW120
SOURce Subsystem....................................................................................................................................... 4-12
OUTPut Subsystem ........................................................................................................................................ 4-33
FORMat Subsystem........................................................................................................................................ 4-36
INSTrument Subsystem.................................................................................................................................. 4-37
TRIGger Subsystem ....................................................................................................................................... 4-39
TRACe Subsystem ......................................................................................................................................... 4-43
Generating Arbitrary Waveforms................................................................................................................ 4-43
Arbitrary Memory Management .................................................................................................................. 4-43
Generating Sequenced Waveforms ........................................................................................................... 4-49
Downloading Waveforms Using the DMA Port........................................................................................... 4-54
Downloading FM Waveforms Using the DMA Port .................................................................................... 4-55
Downloading Sequence Table Data Using the DMA Port .......................................................................... 4-56
SYSTem Subsystem....................................................................................................................................... 4-57
IEEE-STD-488.2 Common Commands and Queries .....................................................................................4-59
The SCPI Status Registers .................................................................................................................... 4-60
The Status Byte Register (STB)............................................................................................................. 4-61
Reading the Status Byte Register .........................................................................................................4-63
Clearing the Status Byte Register .........................................................................................................4-63
Service Request Enable Register (SRE) ..............................................................................................4-63
Standard Event Status Register (ESR) .................................................................................................. 4-64
Standard Event Status Enable Register (ESE) ...................................................................................... 4-65
Error Messages ...................................................................................................................................... 4-66
Chapter 5
ArbExplorer
What's In This Chapter ................................................................................................................................. 5-1
Introduction to ArbExplorer ............................................................................................................................... 5-1
Installing ArbExplorer ................................................................................................................................... 5-2
Quitting ArbExplorer ..................................................................................................................................... 5-2
For the New and Advanced Users ............................................................................................................... 5-2
Conventions Used in This manual................................................................................................................ 5-2
The opening Screen ..................................................................................................................................... 5-3
ArbExplorer Features ................................................................................................................................... 5-5
The Control Panels....................................................................................................................................... 5-5
The Main Panel ........................................................................................................................................ 5-7
Parameters .......................................................................................................................................... 5-8
AM ....................................................................................................................................................... 5-8
Waveform ............................................................................................................................................ 5-8
Operating Modes ................................................................................................................................. 5-9
SYNC Output ....................................................................................................................................... 5-9
Output .................................................................................................................................................. 5-9
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