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
Operating basics
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AFG1000 Series Quick Start User Manual
USB memory device
A USB memory connector, located on the front panel of the instrument, allows
you to perform the following tasks:
Save user-defined waveforms to a USB memory device (See
page 30,
Create/save a user-defined waveform.) or recall waveform from a USB
memory device (See
page 32, Recall a user-defined waveform.)
Save or recall instrument setups to/from files on a USB memory device (See
page 52, Save/recall instrument setup.)
Update your instrument firmware (See page 10, Update your instrument
firmware.)
CAUTION. To prevent data loss or damage to the USB memory device, do not
remove the USB memory device during the process of reading and writing data.
USB connector
requirements
This instrument supports a USB memory device with a FAT32 or FAT16 file
system. If the USB memory device doesn't work properly, format it into the
FAT32 or FAT16 format and try again; or try another USB memory device.
Emissions can exceed the specification limit if a USB cable is placed in the
front-panel USB memory connector. Use only appropriate USB memory devices.