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 Tables
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Table A-13: Auxiliary inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Table A-14: Event Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Table A-15: 10 MHz reference clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Table A-16: External clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Table A-17: C input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Table A-18: T input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Table A-19: Function Generator (FG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Table A-20: Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Table A-21: AC line power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Table A-22: Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Table A-23: Interface connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Table A-24: Installation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Table A-25: Maintenance requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Table A-26: Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Table A-27: Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
Table A-28: Certifications and compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25
Table A-29: Installation category and Pollution degree Descriptions . . . . . . . . A-26
Table A-30: Operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28
Table A-31: Arbitrary waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28
Table A-32: Clock generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29
Table A-33: Internal trigger generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29
Table A-34: Main output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29
Table A-35: Filter (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-31
Table A-36: Auxiliary outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-31
Table A-37: Period Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32
Table A-38: Cycle to Cycle Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32
Table A-39: Auxiliary inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-33
Table A-40: Event Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-35
Table A-41: 10 MHz reference clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-35
Table A-42: Function Generator (FG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-36
Table A-43: Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37
Table A-44: AC line power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37
Table A-45: Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37
Table A-46: Interface connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37
Table A-47: Installation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-38
Table A-48: Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-38
Table A-49: Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39
Table A-50: Certifications and compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-40
Table A-51: Installation category and Pollution degree Descriptions . . . . . . . . A-41
Table B-1: Performance test items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Table B-2: Test equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Table B-3: Waveforms and sequences in performance check disk . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Table B-4: Performance test items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-60
Table B-5: Test equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-61
Table B-6: Waveforms and sequences in performance check disk . . . . . . . . . . B-64
Table C-1: External inspection check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Table D-1: Waveform and equation files in the sample disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Table D-2: Gaussian pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Table D-3: Lorentz pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Table D-4: Sampling function SIN(X)/X pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Table D-5: Squared sine pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4