TFG2900A Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator Users’ Guide
Suin Instruments Co., Ltd
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Generator has 2 or 4 channels and every channel’s firmware is independent, so updates should be
done to every channel. Channel No. is shown as * in below instruction. There will be a message of
completing updates for every channel when it completes updates. You can reboot the generator
now, or continue to update other channels and reboot the generator after all channels completed
updates.
The suffix of firmware update package is ‘bin’. Copy it to USB flash disk with FAT32 format and
then insert it to the USB Host interface in the front panel. Generator can recognize it and has an
usb icon in the screen.
Press
【
Utility
】
→
〖
Next
〗→〖
Upgrade
〗
, system updates interface will be shown. Rotate the knob
and select ‘UDisk’ directory, press
〖
OpenDir
〗
to open ‘UDisk’ directory, the files and file folders
under this directory will be shown, and then rotate the knob to choose the updated file suffix as
‘bin’.
Press
〖
Options
〗→〖
SeleChannel
〗→〖
CH*
〗
, and message ‘CH*
:
system will be upgraded,
Do you want to continue?’ will be shown on the screen, then press
〖
Confirm
〗
and
generator will start to update firmware. During this updating process, there will be messages
‘Checking the upgrade package’ ‘Please do not operate then instrument as it is being
updated’. And after updates completed, it will show ‘Channel*The update is complete,
please restart’. If update fails, it will show ‘Upgrate failed’. Press
〖
Cancel
〗
to exit the
updating.
3.22 Clock Calibration
TCXO is used on this waveform generator, after a long time operating, the oscillator will age and
which will lead to the drift of frequency. Therefore, clock calibration is required to solve this
problem.
Frequency counter will be used during clock calibration, connect the 10MHZ Ref Out port in the
rear panel of device into frequency counter, then press
【
Utility
】
and enter auxiliary function
interface, press soft keys
〖
Cal Info
〗
and
〖
Clock Cal
〗
to enter clock calibration function. Please
operate as per of promotes from instrument one by one. Finally input the measured frequency
value to complete the clock calibration.