HP ESG Series - Turning on Continuous Step Sweep; Configuring a List Sweep Using Step Sweep Data; Editing List Sweep Points

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Using Functions
Creating a Step Sweep and a List Sweep
Turning On Continuous Step Sweep
1. Press Return to move up one menu level.
2. Press the
Sweep softkey. Another menu is displayed showing you choices for sweeping
either the frequency, amplitude, or frequency and amplitude data. Press the
Freq&Ampl
softkey. Selecting this softkey returns you to the previous menu and turns the sweep
function on.
3. Press the
Sweep Repeat Single Cont softkey to toggle from Single to Cont. Notice
that the SWEEP display annunciator is turned on indicating that the signal generator is
sweeping.
4. Press the front panel
RF On/Off key to toggle RF on. Notice that the display annunciator
changes from RF OFF to RF ON. The swept RF signal is now available at the RF
OUTPUT connector.
Configuring a List Sweep Using Step Sweep Data
1. Press the Sweep Type List Step softkey to toggle from Step to List.
2. Press the
Configure List Sweep softkey. Another menu is displayed with softkeys that
you will use to create the sweep points. Notice that the display shows the current list
data (when no list has been previously created, the default is one point, set to the signal
generator’s maximum frequency, −135 dBm, with a dwell time of 2 ms).
3. Press
More (1 of 2), Load List From Step Sweep, Confirm Load From Step Sweep.
The points you defined in the step sweep are automatically loaded into the list.
Editing List Sweep Points
1. Change the dwell time for point 1 to 100 ms. Press the right arrow key twice until the
dwell time is highlighted. Press
More (2 of 2), Edit Item. The dwell time for point 1
becomes the active function. Enter 100 ms using the numeric keypad and pressing the
msec terminator softkey. Notice that the next item in the table (in this case the
frequency value for point 2) becomes highlighted after pressing the terminator softkey.
2. Change the frequency for point 4 to 560 MHz. Press the down arrow key two times until
the frequency is highlighted. Press the
Edit Item softkey. The frequency for point 4
becomes the active function. Enter 560 MHz using the numeric keypad and pressing the
MHz terminator softkey.
3. Add a new point between points 7 and 8. Press the down arrow until any column in the
point 8 row is highlighted. Press the
Insert Row softkey. A copy of point 8 has been
placed between points 7 and 8, creating a new point 8, and renumbering the successive
points.