Creating waveform segments – Agilent Technologies E8247C PSG CW User Manual

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Chapter 5

Dual Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Using the Dual ARB Waveform Player

Creating Waveform Segments

There are two ways to provide waveform segments for use by the waveform sequencer. You can either
download a waveform via remote interface or generate a waveform using one of the ARB modulation
formats. For information on downloading waveforms via remote interface, see the Programming Guide.

The following procedure describes how to create waveform segments using internally generated two tone
and multitone waveforms. In this example, you generate two waveform segments, then name and store them
in ARB memory. After the two waveform segments are named and stored in ARB memory, they are used to
build a waveform sequence in the procedure,

“Building and Storing a Waveform Sequence” on page 101

.

Generating the First Waveform

1. Press

Preset

.

2. Press

Mode

>

Two Tone

.

3. Press

Alignment Left Cent Right

to Right.

4. Press

Two Tone Off On

to On.

5. Press

Two Tone Off On

to Off.

This generates a two tone waveform with the tone on the right placed at the carrier frequency. During
waveform generation, the

T-TONE

and

I/Q

annunciators activate. The waveform is stored in volatile

memory with the default file name

AUTOGEN_WAVEFORM

, as you will see in the next section. The Two

Tone mode was turned off after generation because a waveform cannot be renamed as a segment while it
is in use.

NOTE

Because there can be only one

AUTOGEN_WAVEFORM

waveform in memory at any given

time, you must rename this file to clear the way for a second waveform.

Creating the First Waveform Segment

1. Press

Mode

>

Dual ARB

.

2. Press

Waveform Segments

.

3. Press

Load Store

to Store.

4. Highlight the default segment

AUTOGEN_WAVEFORM

.

5. Press

More (1 of 2)

>

Rename Segment

>

Editing Keys

>

Clear Text

.

6. Enter a file name (for example,

TTONE

) using the alpha keys and the numeric keypad, and press

Enter

.

The waveform segment is renamed and remains in volatile memory as a WFM1 file.

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