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

Tutorials
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Set the Date and Time
Do the following steps to set the year:
1. Repeatedly press the b button in the upper middle part of the front panel until
the Year: field is highlighted on the screen.
2. Turn the general purpose knob in the right upper corner of the front panel,
clockwise or counterclockwise until the word year is displayed.
When using the general purpose knob, note that the current displayed year in the
Year: field, is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen with the knob icon.
This means that you can adjust the value using the general purpose knob.
Do the following steps to set the month and day:
1. Press the b button once to highlight the Month:.
2. Use the general purpose knob to set the month.
3. Set the date in the Day: as was done in step 1 and 2 above.
4. Using the b button and the general purpose knob, set the hour, minute and
second in the Hour:, Min: and Sec:, respectively, as were done in step 1 above.
Set the Focused Color
Do the following steps to set the focused color:
1. Repeatedly press the b button until the Hilight Color: is selected.
2. Turn the general purpose knob clockwise or counterclockwise while looking at
the screen until you get the color what you want.
The changes made during this tutorial take effect immediately. You can display the
system utility screen and adjust the focused color at any time without exiting current
tasks.
You have completed the Instrument Setup tutorial.
LCD Back Light
The default for the LCD back light is the on state.
Do the following steps to disable the LCD back light:
1. Repeatedly press the b button until the LCD Back Light is highlighted.
2. Press the a button or turn the general purpose knob to the left.
Do the following to turn on the instrument display:
1. Press the ON/STBY button to power on.
2. Press the CLEAR MENU button on the front–panel twice.
You have completed the Instrument Setup tutorial.
NOTE. The LED display state is saved when you turn the instrument off by pressing
the ON / STBY button.