18 Agilent N5181A/82A MXG Signal Generators User’s Guide
Setting Preferences & Enabling Options
Upgrading Firmware
Setting Time and Date
The signal generator’s firmware tracks the
time and date, and uses the latest date
and time that has been set as its time/date reference point.
Setting the Time or Date Forward
If you set the time or date forward, be aware that you are using up any installed time- based licenses,
and that you are resetting the signal generator’s time/date reference point. When you set a new time
or date that is later than the signal generator’s current reference point, that date becomes the new
reference point. If you then set the date back, you run the risk described in the next section.
Setting the Time or Date Backward
When you set the time back, the signal generator notes that the time has moved back from the
reference point (the latest date that has been set). If you set the time back more than approximately
25 hours, you disable the signal generator’s ability to use time- based licenses, even if there is no
license installed at the time that you set the time back. In this case, you can reenable the signal
generator’s ability to use time- based licenses by returning the date to within 25 hours prior to the
the reference point, or to anytime after the reference point.
If you find you must set the date backward more than approximately 25 hours (when, for example,
the time is mistakenly set ahead) and you wish to use time- based licenses, you must contact Agilent
Technologies for assistance (see page 151).
Upgrading Firmware
For information on new firmware releases, go to http://www.agilent.com/find/upgradeassistant.
Changing the time or date can
adversely affect the signal
generator’s ability to use time−based
licenses, even if a time−based
license is not installed when you
change the time or date.
tility >
nstrument Adjustments >
CAUTION
Original time/date reference point
Time
New time/date reference point
Point at which the signal generator can
no longer use time-based licenses.
Time
Current time/date reference point
> 25 hours
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