Specifications

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Softkey Menu Descriptions
Misc Menu
it uses the time from its real-time clock as the system time. In
this case the user can set the date and time as they wish.
NOTE The above algorithm specifically uses the HP-MSIB address and not
the GP-IB address.
The range of the date and time is from the start of 1990 to the
end of 2049.
When the user is setting the time the individual parameters
(hours, minutes and seconds) are not coupled in any way and
have the expected ranges.
When setting the date, there is a degree of coupling involved. If
the user selects a YEAR which causes the current DAY setting
to be invalid, the day is changed by the minimum amount to
make it valid, for example, 29 Feb 91 is changed to 28 Feb 91.
Similarly, if the user selects a MONTH which makes a day
invalid, the DAY is again changed. When entering a DAY, only
those days which are valid for the current month and year
settings are allowed.
Shows the firmware version codes, in the form A.nn.nn. Within
the instrument there are 4 separate firmware components;
• Control processor application code contains all the Pattern
Generator and Error Detector configuration control and some
of the Detector's measurement functions.
• Measurement processor application code contains the
remainder of the Error Detector's measurement functions.
• Control processor boot code comprises functions performed
during the power-on sequence in order to verify basic
hardware operation of the control processor.
• Measurement processor boot code comprises functions
performed during the power-on sequence in order to verify
basic hardware operation of the measurement processor.
Agilent Technologies may issue further revisions of either
application code module and these are installed via the
instrument's 3.5in. disk drive by selecting
followed by or , as
appropriate.
Refer to How to Update the Agilent 70843 Firmware, page 1-
13.
The firmware version for any MMS signal generator slaved to
the error performance analyzer is displayed in the
update frmware
update frmware
UpdCntlAppl UpdMeasAppl