User`s guide

Agilent N5161A/62A/81A/82A/83A MXG Signal Generators User’s Guide 239
Basic Digital Operation (Option 651/652/654)
Waveform 5–Pack Licensing (Options 221–229) for Firmware Version < A.01.50
Waveform 5–Pack Licensing (Options 221–229) for Firmware Version < A.01.50
Waveform 5–Pack licensing enables you to create, generate, and permanently license up to 45 Signal
Studio waveforms (e.g. Each Option 22x enables licensing of five waveforms (Option 221, 222, 223,
229).
Use the signal generator to manage the licensing of these waveforms. For example, you can use the
signal generator to select individual waveforms for licensing and you can view a list of all currently
licensed waveforms.
Understanding Waveform 5–Pack Licensing
Waveforms licensed with 5–Pack cannot be exchanged. Once a waveform is licensed, that license is
permanent and cannot be revoked or replaced. Option 22x waveform licenses are signal generator
specific (i.e. signal generator serial number specific).
Waveform 5–Pack licensing enables you to create and generate signals which can be saved for
unlimited use in a signal generator (i.e. Waveform 5–Pack Option 22x is a perpetual fixed waveform
license).
Use the Signal Studio software to build and download waveforms to the signal generator’s volatile
memory to be played. When you are satisfied with the waveform, it must be stored to non–volatile
memory before it can be licensed.
If a licensed Option 22x waveform file is transferred to another signal generator, the file must be
licensed by a separate Option 22x that is in the other signal generator before it can be played. For
more information on extracting and downloading waveform files, refer to the Programming Guide.
To license additional waveforms that exceed the number permitted by an Option 22x, you must
purchase an Option 22x that you do not already own. For example if you already own Option 221
with only two remaining licenses and you need ten more waveforms, purchase Options 222 and 223
to have enough licenses to license ten more waveforms. This would leave two remaining licenses on
Option 223. (Repurchasing Option 221 a second time, for the same signal generator, gives you no
additional Waveform 5–Pack licenses.)
After licensing a waveform, you can make copies of the waveform using different file names for use
on the same signal generator and even rename the original file without affecting the waveform
license.
You can also use the Option 22x to license waveforms from N76xxB Signal Studio software
downloaded during its 14–day free trial license. All of the N76xxB Signal Studio software products
provide a 14–day trial period (trial license). This 14–day trial license lets you download and play
back waveforms during the trial period. These waveforms are denoted by the TRL in the status
message area of the waveform segment catalog. After the trial period expires, the TRL message is
removed but the waveform remains. You can license these waveforms after the TRL message is gone.
Waveform 5–Pack requires firmware version ≥A.01.20.
Installing an Option N5182A–22x Waveform 5–Pack Licensing
• Load a Waveform 5–Pack license, Option N5182A–22x, into the signal generator using License
Manager or a USB media. For more information on loading the Waveform 5–Pack License, refer to
the N5182A–22x Entitlement Certificate.