Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Preface
- Getting started
- General features
- Before installation
- Standard accessories
- Operating requirements
- Power the instrument on and off
- Change instrument settings at power-on
- Erase waveforms from memory
- Select a local language
- Protect your instrument from misuse
- General care
- Update your instrument firmware
- Equivalent output circuits
- Instrument front panel, interface, and rear panel
- Operating basics
- Quick tutorial: How to select a waveform and adjust parameters
- Quick tutorial: How to generate a sine waveform
- Quick tutorial: Instrument help system
- Generate a pulse waveform
- Generate a built-in waveform
- Create/save a user-defined waveform
- Recall a user-defined waveform
- Generate noise
- Generate DC
- Sweep a waveform
- Modulate a waveform
- Generate a burst waveform
- Copy channel setting
- USB memory device
- Utility menu
- Save/recall instrument setup
- Application examples
- Appendix A: Line fuse replacement
- Index
Getting started
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AFG1000 Series Quick Start User Manual
Protect your instrument from misuse
Check input and output
connectors
When connecting a cable, be sure to distinguish the input connector from the
output connectors to avoid making wrong connection.
1.
Locate the channel output
on the front panel. Out1
means CH1 output and
Out2 means CH2 output.
2.
Locate the Ref Clk Out
on the rear panel.
3.
Locate the Ref
Clk/Counter In, Fsk/Ext
Trig In and Ext Mod In
connectors on the rear
panel.
CAUTION. The instrument can be damaged when applying external voltages or
shorting the output pins. To avoid damaging the instrument, do not short the output
pins or apply external signals to the output connectors.
CAUTION. The instrument can be damaged when applying excessive inputs over
+5 V to Trigger Input connector. To avoid damaging the instrument, do not apply
excessive inputs over +5 V to Trigger Input connector.