User`s guide

146 Agilent X-Series Signal Generators User’s Guide

Basic Digital Operation (Option 653/655/656/657)

Waveform File Basics

There are two types of waveform files:

•A segment is a waveform file that you download to the signal generator.

For information on creating and downloading waveform files, refer to the Programming Guide.

•A sequence is a file you create in the signal generator that contains pointers to one or more

waveform files (segments, other sequences, or both).

For information on creating sequences, see page 151.

Signal Generator Memory

The signal generator has two types of memory:

• Volatile memory, baseband generator (BBG) media, where waveform files are played from or

edited.

• Non–volatile memory, either internal (int) or external (USB) media, where waveform files are

stored.

Dual ARB Player

NOTE The MXG/EXG’s ARB Waveform File Cache is limited to 128 files. Consequently, once the 128

file cache limit has been reached, the waveform switching speed will be much slower for

additional files loaded into the volatile waveform memory (BBG).

The dual ARB waveform player enables you to play, rename, delete, store, and load (external or

internal) waveform files in addition to building waveform sequences. The dual ARB waveform player

also provides markers (page 161), triggering (page 178), clipping (page 185), and scaling (page 194)

capabilities.

Most procedures in this section start from the Dual ARB menu, shown below.