User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- General Safety Summary
- Preface
- Getting Started
- Operating Basics
- Reference
- Reference
- Menu Structures
- The Setup Menu Screen
- The Graphical Waveform Editor
- The Pattern Editor
- Quick Editing
- The Table Editor
- The Equation Editor
- The Sequence Editor
- The APPL Menu
- The UTILITY Window
- External Keyboards
- Setting General Purpose Knob Direction
- Formatting a Floppy Disk
- Displaying Disk Usage
- Screen Display Enable/Disable
- Focused Color
- Displaying Instrument Status
- Internal Clock (Date and Time)
- Resetting the Instrument
- Connecting to a GPIB Network
- Ethernet Networking
- Hardcopy
- Calibration and Diagnostics
- Upgrading the System Software
- Capturing Waveforms
- Waveform Programming Language
- Command Descriptions
- Programming Examples
- File Conversion
- File Management
- FG Mode
- Waveform Mixing Mode
- Synchronous Operation Mode (AWG710B only)
- Appendices
- Appendix A: Specifications (AWG710B)
- Appendix A: Specifications (AWG710)
- Appendix B: Performance Verification (AWG710B)
- Conventions
- Self Tests
- Performance Tests
- Operating Mode Tests
- Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02)
- Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Trigger Input Tests
- Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests
- External Clock Input and VCO Out Output Tests
- VCO OUT Output Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests
- Marker Output Tests
- Synchronous Operation Tests
- Appendix B: Performance Verification (AWG710)
- Conventions
- Self Tests
- Performance Tests
- Operating Mode Tests
- Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out), (except option 02)
- Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02)
- Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02)
- Trigger Input Tests
- Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests
- 1/4 Clock Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests
- Marker Output Tests
- Appendix C: Inspection and Cleaning
- Appendix D: Sample Waveforms
- Appendix E: File Transfer Interface Outline
- Appendix F: Miscellaneous
- Appendix G: Sequence File Text Format
- Index

List of Figures
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Figure A-5: Sequence 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Figure A-6: 3-1. Sequence 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Figure A-7: The cable connection between units in Synchronous operation . . A-15
Figure A-8: Output Voltage Window ( into 50W to GND ) of MARKER . . . . A-16
Figure A-9: Output part equivalent circuit of MARKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Figure A-10: Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24
Figure A-11: Signal Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-34
Figure A-12: Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39
Figure B-1: Diagnostic menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure B-2: Calibration result message box (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Figure B-3: EVENT IN connector pins and signals and
ground closure connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Figure B-4: Loading file; selecting storage drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Figure B-5: Cont mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Figure B-6: Triggered mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
Figure B-7: Relationship between trigger signal and waveform output . . . . . . B-16
Figure B-8: Relationship between gate signal and waveform output . . . . . . . . B-18
Figure B-9: Amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Figure B-10: Direct DA output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . B-23
Figure B-11: Direct DA output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . B-25
Figure B-12: Option02 output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . B-27
Figure B-13: Optipn02 output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Figure B-14: Pulse response initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-31
Figure B-15: Trigger input initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33
Figure B-16: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . B-35
Figure B-17: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . B-35
Figure B-18: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . . B-36
Figure B-19: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . . B-36
Figure B-20: Event input and enhanced mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . B-37
Figure B-21: Waveform while all ground disclosure switches are open . . . . . . B-39
Figure B-22: Waveform output when the SW1 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-39
Figure B-23: Waveform output when SW2 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40
Figure B-24: Waveform output when the SW3 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40
Figure B-25: Waveform output when SW4 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-41
Figure B-26: Waveform output when SW6 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-42
Figure B-27: Waveform output when SW7 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-42
Figure B-28: Waveform output when SW8 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-43
Figure B-29: Initial waveform output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44
Figure B-30: DC waveform output when the SW5 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44
Figure B-31: Trigger input initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-46
Figure B-32: VCO OUT outputfrequency and 10 MHz reference input
initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-48
Figure B-33: Marker output initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-50
Figure B-34: Synchronous operation test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-52
Figure B-35: Diagnostic menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-57
Figure B-36: Calibration result message box (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . B-59
Figure B-37: EVENT IN connector pins and signals and ground closure
connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-62
Figure B-38: Loading file; selecting storage drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-63
Figure B-39: Cont mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-66
Figure B-40: Triggered mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-68