Putting Into Operation; Introduction - Putting Into Operation; Legend For Front Panel View - R&S AFQ100A Operating Manual

R&S AFQ100A

Putting into Operation

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Putting into Operation

Introduction - Putting into Operation

Chapter 1, "Putting into Operation" explains the control elements and connectors of the R&S AFQ I/Q
Modulation Generator with the aid of the front and rear views and describes how to put the instrument
into operation. It also describes the connection of peripherals such as keyboard, mouse and monitor. A
detailed description of the device interfaces is given in chapter 8, "Maintenance and Remote Control
Interfaces" Specifications of interfaces can be seen in the data sheet.
Chapter 2, "Getting Started" gives an overview of the instrument's functions. Detailed operating
instructions follow in chapter 3, "Manual Operation". Chapter 5, "Remote Control - Basics" describes
how to switchover to remote control.
The R&S AFQ is primarily intended to be remote-controlled via the GPIB interface, USB, or a LAN
connection (see chapter 5, section "Switchover to Remote Control"). Alternatively it is possible to control
the instrument manually using an external monitor in combination with a keyboard and a mouse (see
"Introduction - Manual Operation") or by accessing the instrument via the remote control desktop of an
external PC (see "Manual Remote Control via an External Controller").
Manual and remote control of the R&S AFQ are described in separate chapters. Background
information about the settings is reported in the reference chapter for manual control (chapter 4,
Instrument Functions") together with the menus and dialogs that may be displayed on an external
monitor.
To avoid redundancy, the reference chapter for remote control (chapter 6) focuses on program syntax
and parameter ranges but contains only a short description of the command functions.
The complete manual in printable PDF format provides chapters 4 to 9.

Legend for Front Panel View

This section gives an overview of control elements on the front panel of the R&S AFQ and explains their
meaning from the left to the right. The connectors of the R&S AFQ are placed on the front and the rear
panel and are described in this section and in section "Legend for Rear Panel View", respectively.
As the R&S AFQ is mainly intended to be remote-controlled, the front panel of the R&S AFQ contains
no display but mostly LEDs to inform the user about the status of the instrument. The user interface can
be displayed on an external monitor that is either connected directly to the instrument or that belongs to
a remote PC station used to manually remote control the instrument.
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