Operator’s Manual Simple AFG Application
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Channel Information
This area displays the channel name and a list of all the main current channel settings: the selected
waveform type, the Modulation / Sweep / Burst mode, the Generation mode, the channel status and
the Trigger Source.
Command Bar Area
The command bar contains several touch buttons to control the instrument and its layout changes
depending on the model (in the 4/8 channel models some buttons can be located in the More menu
instead of in the Command Bar). Below a detailed description of this bar is provided.
Command Bar Buttons
Description
Running/Stopped
Button
–
Use this button to set the instrument in Running
state (or Ready to receive a Trigger) or in the Stopped state. If the button is
green the instrument is running while if it is grey the instrument is stopped.
Bushing the button will change the instrument state.
Trigger Button
–
Use this button to send an internal software trigger to the
instrument. Independently from the setting this trigger is always received.
Output Channels Buttons -
Press CH1, CH2,
…, CHN
to change the Output
channel page.
If you press again the selected Channel, you can turn OFF/ON . When a
channel is OFF, it is mechanically disconnected from the output.