Specifications

Operation

3.1 Front Panel Elements

3.1.1 Front Panel Overview

Figure 1: E-517.i3 interface / display module, 3 channels. Single-channel E-517.i1

models have identical front panels but show only one channel in the

display.

Name Function

LCD display. See

"Display Screens" (p. 21) for details.

Digital In/Out MDR14 socket for digital input and output lines; can be used to

trigger external devices and to send start and synch. signals to

the wave generator(s). See

"Digital In/Out Socket" (p. 71) for

the availability of the lines and for pinout.

RS-232 Serial connection to host PC. See "RS-232 Socket" (p. 71) for

pinout.

Trackball for display selection, device configuration and

ONLINE motion. See

"Trackball Functions" (p. 22) for details.

Universal Serial Bus (USB-B socket) for connection to host PC.

See

"USB Connection" (p. 55) for more information.

GPIB/IEEE488 General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) for connection to host

PC. See

"GPIB Connection" (p. 56) for more information.

Network connection over TCP/IP. See "TCP/IP Connection" for

more information.