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

Getting Started
1-6 AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
Accessories
Standard Accessories
The AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator includes the standard
accessories listed in Table 1-4:
Optional Accessories
The following optional accessories, listed in Table 1-5, are recommended for use
with the instrument:
Table 1-4: Standard accessories
Accessory Part number
User Manual
See Table 1-3 for part
numberProgrammer Manual
Sample waveform floppy disk, 3.5 inch for AWG710B
for AWG710
063–3740–xx
062–A271–xx
Sample program floppy disk, 3.5 inch 062–A258–xx
Performance check/adjustment floppy disk, 3.5 inchfor AWg710B
for AWG710
063–3721–xx
062–A273–xx
Arb-Link Software (AWG710) 062–A270–xx
ArbExpress Software (AWG710B) 063–3763–xx
ArbExpress Instructions (AWG710B) 061–4288–xx
SMA 50 Ω terminator, Male (2 installed on the instrument) 015–1022–01
Power Cord (except A99) (see Table 1-2)
Table 1-5: Optional accessories
Accessory Part number
Service Manual 071–1417–xx
Front cover 200–3696–01
Rack Mount Kit (for field conversion) 020–2556–00
GPIB cable 012–0991–00
BNC cable, 50 Ω,
0.6 m (2 ft) 012–1342–00
BNC cable, 50 Ω, 2.5 m (8.2 ft), double–shield 012–1256–00
BNC terminator, 50 Ω 011–0049–02
BNC power divider, 50 Ω, DC to 300 MHz, VSWR: 1.2 max. 015–0660–00
SMA cable, 50 Ω, 0.5 m, (1.64 ft), Male–Male 174–1427–00
SMA cable, 50 Ω, 1.0 m, (3.28 ft), Male–Male 174–1341–00
SMA cable, 50 Ω, 1.5 m, (4.92 ft), Male–Male 174–1428–00
SMA precision delay cable, 1 ns, Male–Male 015–0562–00
SMA precision delay cable, 2 ns, Male–Male 015–0560–00