
Modifying Arbitrary Waveforms
Pressing the MODIFY front panel key, or the
create
soft-key on either of the
CREATE NEW
WAVEFORM
menus calls the
MODIFY
screen.
MODIFY: wv01
◊
resize…
rename…
◊
◊
delete… limits…
◊
◊
edit waveform…
This screen gives access to a number of menus which permit the selected waveform to be
resized, renamed, edited, etc. The arb waveform to be modified is selected using the rotary
control or cursor keys to step through all possible choices; the current choice is displayed on the
top line beside
MODIFY:
.
Waveform Edit Cursor
During any arbitrary waveform modify procedure which involves setting waveform addresses,
waveform cursor(s) are output from the rear panel CURSOR/MARKER OUT socket. The
amplitude, polarity and width of the cursor is set on the
cursor/marker…
menu of the UTILITY
screen, see System Operations section. The cursors are positioned at the
start
and
stop
addresses used for the various edit operations described below (one address/cursor only for
point edit). The cursor signal can be displayed on a second channel of the ‘scope or used to
modulate the Z-axis to bright-up the stop and start addresses.
Note that the addresses are retained when moving between edit functions. Thus if the stop and
start addresses are set for waveform insert, the same addresses appear as the defaults when
wave amplitude edit is selected, for example; the addresses can of course subsequently be
changed.
Resize Waveform
Pressing the
resize…
soft-key on the
MODIFY
screen calls the
Resize
screen.
Resize: wv01
(old size: 01024)
new size: 01024
◊
cancel resize
◊
Resize
changes the number of points in the waveform; the new size can be larger or smaller
than the old size. When the new size is larger, the software adds additional interpolated points.
When the size is smaller, points are removed. Reducing the waveform size may cause the
waveform to lose significant data. There is no “undo” for resize.
Resize is implemented by pressing the
resize
soft-key or aborted by pressing the
cancel
soft-key; both return the display to the
MODIFY
screen.
Rename Waveform
Pressing the
rename…
soft-key on the
MODIFY
screen calls the
Rename
screen:
Rename: wv01
as “y ”
◊
cancel rename
◊
The new name can be entered below the original by selecting the appropriate character position
with the cursor keys and then setting the character with the rotary control which scrolls through all
the alphanumeric characters in sequence. The name can be up to 8 characters long.
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