ESG Family Signal Generators Hardkey and Softkey Reference
Sweep/List
User’s Guide 4-99
Dwell Type List Step
Press this softkey to toggle the dwell time for the list sweep points
between the values defined in the list sweep and the value set for step
sweep. Choose
List to sweep with dwell times that you have defined in
the list sweep. Choose
Step and you will sweep each point in the list
with a dwell time set by the
Step Dwell softkey in the Configure Step
Sweep menu. When you are sweeping using the step sweep dwell time,
the list sweep dwell time values are grayed out to indicate that they are
not being used.
Default Value: List
Softkey Location:
Sweep/List > Configure List Sweep > Dwell Type List Step
Edit Item
Press this softkey to change an item in the displayed list of sweep points.
Use the arrow keys or the front panel knob until the correct item is
highlighted. Press
Edit Item and the item is displayed in the active entry
area. Change the value using the up and down arrow keys, or the front
panel knob and press the
Enter terminator softkey. Or enter a new value
using the numeric keypad and then press a units terminator softkey.
A short cut for editing, Auto Edit, is also available. Highlight the item
you want to edit. Enter a new value using the numeric keys; editing
immediately starts for the highlighted item. Press the
Enter terminator
softkey. The new value is stored and the next item is highlighted.
Softkey Location:
Sweep/List > Configure List Sweep > Edit Item
Ext
This softkey is one of the choices in both the Sweep Trigger menu and
the Point Trigger menu. Press either the
Sweep Trigger softkey or the
Point Trigger softkey to view this key. Choosing Ext allows you to trigger a
sweep point-by-point on either the negative or positive edge of a signal
applied to the TRIGGER IN rear panel connector. Set the polarity of the
trigger signal using the
Trigger In Polarity Neg Pos softkey.
Softkey Location:
Sweep/List > Sweep Trigger > Ext
Or: Sweep/List > Point Trigger > Ext
Freq
Press this softkey to set the signal generator to sweep frequency data
only. The amplitude is set at a constant level determined by the
Amplitude front panel key. You can define a sweep containing both
amplitude and frequency information and still choose to sweep
frequency only.
Softkey Location:
Sweep/List > Sweep > Freq