Agilent Technologies Agilent 33500 Series

FUNCtion Subsystem
l Function Limitations: If you change to a function whose minimum period exceeds the value set by this command,
the period is adjusted to the new function's minimum pulse. For example, if you set a period of 2 µs and then
change to the ramp function, the instrument adjusts the period to 5 µs (the minimum for ramps). From the
remote interface, a "Settings conflict" error will also be generated.From the remote interface, a "Settings conflict"
error will also be generated.
Examples
The following command loads an arbitrary waveform from the internal drive into volatile memory. This waveform is
then selected and played.
MMEM:LOAD:DATA "INT:\BUILTIN\Sinc.arb"
FUNCtion:ARBitrary "INT:\BUILTIN\Sinc.arb"
FUNCtion ARB
Examples
The following command sets the arbitrary waveform frequency to 1000 Hz. For a waveform of 100 points, the sample
rate would be converted to 100 KSa/s.
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:FREQ 1000
The following query returns the various values based upon a frequency of 1000 Hz and waveform point count of 100.
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:SRATe?
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:POINts?
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:FREQuency?
Typical response: +1.000000000000000E+05
Typical response: +100
Typical response: +1.000000000000000E+03
The commands shown below all require the IQplayer option.
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:BALance[:STATe] <state>
FUNCtion:ARBitrary:BALance:[:STATe]?
This command requires the IQ Player option.
Enables or disables channel balancing for dual arbitrary waveforms (FUNCtion:ARBitrary:BALance:GAIN and FUNC-
tion:ARBitrary:BALance:OFFSet).
Parameter Typical Return
{ON|1|OFF|0}, default OFF 0(OFF)or1(ON)
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