General Commands
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Function Generators
General Commands (contd.)
Stop
Whatever the mode, pressing this key puts the instrument on STANDBY.
When pressed while in Normal mode the context is saved:
- current settings in use for signal generation when the instrument was
stopped,
- settings for other functions that may have been changed.
The key becomes:
Each time Normal mode start-up is used all the settings are reloaded.
In the event of a power failure (or if the power cable is unplugged …), the
instrument restarts using the last backup (backup made the last time the device
was turned off using the ON/STANDBY key
)
.
In the event of an error the default configuration is loaded:
•
Signal
sinusoidal
•
Function
CONTinuous
•
Frequency
1 kHz
•
Amplitude
1 Vpp
•
Offset
0 V
•
Output
MAIN OUT ON not active
•
No adjustments assigned to the wheel.
The key becomes:
.
Activating the
MAIN OUT terminal
At start-up the MAIN OUT terminal is always de-activated.
MAIN OUT
Pressing the key activates the terminal and the key lights:
.
On the GX 320: the key may blink when the GATE function is activated (see
GATE
function
).
MAIN OUT
De-activation of the MAIN OUT terminal, the key is no longer lit:
.