BNC 835 User Manual - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 W HAT DO YOU GET ? ...................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 G ENERAL F EATURES AND F UNCTIONS (M ODEL OVERVIEW ) .................................................................................... 5
1.3 O PTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.4 F RONT P ANEL O VERVIEW (BENCHTOP MICROWAVE SOURCE MODELS ONLY ) ................................................... 7
1.5 R EAR P ANEL C ONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 8
2 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................ 10
2.2 U NPACKING THE I NSTRUMENT ........................................................................................................................ 10
2.3 I NITIAL I NSPECTION ...................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 S TARTING THE I NSTRUMENT ........................................................................................................................... 10
2.4.1 Applying Power ............................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.2 Connecting to LAN ......................................................................................................................... 11
2.4.3 Direct connectivity to host via Ethernet cable (no router) ............................................................. 11
2.4.4 Connecting though USBTMC ......................................................................................................... 11
2.4.5 Installing the BENCHTOP MICROWAVE SOURCE Remote Client ................................................... 11
2.4.6 Troubleshooting the LAN Interconnection ..................................................................................... 12
2.4.7 Shutting Down the BENCHTOP MICROWAVE SOURCE .................................................................. 12
3 USING THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) ..................................................................................... 14
3.1 S TART THE BENCHTOP MICROWAVE SOURCE GUI ..................................................................................... 14
3.2 T HE COLTROL T AB ..................................................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1 Simultaneously controlling Multiple Signal Generators from one PC ............................................ 15
3.2.2 Store and Load Instrument States ................................................................................................. 15
3.2.3 Setting Network Configuration ...................................................................................................... 16
3.2.4 Setting the GPIB Address ............................................................................................................... 17
3.3 P ERFORM F IRMWARE U PGRADE ..................................................................................................................... 17
3.4 U SING T OOLBARS ........................................................................................................................................ 17
3.5 B ASIC CW O PERATION (CW TAB ) ................................................................................................................... 17
3.6 S WEEPS ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.6.1 Frequency Sweep ........................................................................................................................... 18
3.6.2 Power Sweep ................................................................................................................................. 19
3.6.3 List Sweeps .................................................................................................................................... 20
3.7 M ODULATION C ONTROL ............................................................................................................................... 25
3.7.1 Pulse Modulation........................................................................................................................... 25
3.7.2 Pulse Train Modulation ................................................................................................................. 26
3.7.3 Amplitude Modulation .................................................................................................................. 27
3.7.4 Angle Modulation .......................................................................................................................... 27
3.7.5 Chirps ............................................................................................................................................. 28
3.8 R EFERENCE I N AND O UT ................................................................................................................................ 29
3.8.1 Bypass internal 100 MHz reference ............................................................................................... 29
3.8.2 Output Internal Reference ............................................................................................................. 30
3.9 U SING THE T RIGGER OPTIONS (TRIGGER TAB ) ................................................................................................. 30
3.10 LF OUT C ONTROL .................................................................................................................................. 31
3.11 C OMBINED M ODULATION ........................................................................................................................ 33
4 LOCAL OPERATION VIA FRONT PANEL ................................................................................................... 34
4.1 D ISPLAYED P ARAMETER F ORMATS .................................................................................................................. 35
4.2 CW D ISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................... 35