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Keysight Technologies M8190A Getting Started Manual

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  • Page 1 Keysight M8190A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 2 All front-panel connectors of the death. Do not proceed beyond a Restricted Rights Legend M8190A are sensitive to Electrostatic WARNING notice until the discharge (ESD). We recommend to If software is for use in the...
  • Page 3 Verify that all safety precautions are taken including those defined for the mainframe. Line Power The Keysight M8190A operates when installed in an Keysight AXIe mainframe. Requirements Do Not Operate in an Do not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.
  • Page 4 Safety Symbols Table 1 Safety Symbol Symbol Description Indicates warning or caution. If you see this symbol on a product, you must refer to the manuals for specific Warning or Caution information to avoid personal injury or damage to the product. C-Tick Conformity Mark of the Australian ACA for EMC compliance.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    M8190A Software Installation Pre-Requisites Installation Process Post Installation Steps Updating M8190A Software 21 How to Use the Instrument 22 How to Access Two M8190A Modules in a Single Chassis Basic Problems AXle Chassis ESM Front Panel Connector 29 M8190A Maintenance ESD Protection...
  • Page 7 Introduction Introduction The Keysight M8190A is a 12 GSa/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator. It combines excellent signal fidelity with highest sampling rates. It offers up to 2 GSa waveform memory per channel and three different high bandwidth output paths to ideally address applications.
  • Page 8 Introduction Getting Started with The M8190A is a modular instrument packaged in the AXIe form factor. AXIe is a new M8190A open standard for high-performance modular instrumentation. Three form factors are available: two-slot, five-slot and fourteen slot AXIe chassis. These include an embedded AXIe system module that does not occupy a module slot.
  • Page 9 Introduction Related Documents To access documentation related to the Keysight M8190A Arbitrary Waveform Generator, use one of the following methods:  CD - Browse the product CD for M8190 documentation.  Start > All Programs > Keysight M8190 > Keysight M8190 Documentation - Provides links to all product documentation except for the IVI driver documentation.

  • Page 11: Pre-Requisites

    This use case is fully supported. There only needs to be some additional considerations when doing SCPI remote programming. For more information on SCPI remote programming, refer to M8190A User's Guide. A non-Keysight “primary” I/O library must support the HiSLIP protocol otherwise; the Soft Front Panel and the IVI drivers will...

  • Page 12: Installation Process

    AXIe Chassis 2.2 Installation Process Follow the given steps to install Keysight M8190A software on your system. Double-click the executable (M8190_Setup.exe). This executable file will be available either on CD or Web. http://www.keysight.com/find/M8190A The installer will first check for some pre-requisites and install them, if necessary. It is possible that your PC requests a reboot during this step.
  • Page 13 Introduction The Keysight M8190A Setup will prepare the InstallShield Wizard for the installation process. The following window will appear. Follow the onscreen instructions to begin the installation process. Click Next. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 14 AXIe Chassis We recommend you to read the document to check if your hardware configuration is supported. Click Next to proceed to the license agreements. Accept the terms of Keysight software end-user license agreement. Click Next. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 15 Introduction Accept the terms of Keysight IVI driver source code license agreement terms. Click Next. Select Yes if you want to read the post-installation instructions when finished. Click Next to select setup type. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 16 AXIe Chassis Select a setup type either Complete or Custom. Click Next. If you select Custom and click Next, you can specify which optional features will be installed: M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 17 Introduction 10. Click Install to begin installation. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 18 AXIe Chassis 11. The Setup Wizard will now install AgM8190 IVI Drivers. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 19 Introduction 12. The Keysight M8190A will configure the new software installation. 13. The following screen will appear once the Keysight M8190A software is successfully installed on your system. 14. Click Finish to restart your system. Do not connect the AXIe chassis to your system using the PCIe or USB 2.0 cable during this reboot.

  • Page 20: Post Installation Steps

    Connect the instrument to the PC using the PCIe or USB 2.0 cable. The USB 2.0 port is available for AXIe chassis with option U20 only. Switch on the instrument. Wait until the ‘Access’ LED of the M8190A has switched from red to green.

  • Page 21: Updating M8190A Software

    Introduction 2.4 Updating M8190A Software Updated versions of the M8190A software are available on the Keysight website. These software components are available as .EXE files. To download a software upgrade: Go to http://www.keysight.com/find/M8190A. Click the Technical Support tab. Click Drivers, Firmware & Software.

  • Page 22: How To Use The Instrument

    The user interface will display the VISA resource strings for different kinds of connection. Using the appropriate VISA resource string you can:  Start the Soft Front Panel (Start > All Programs > Keysight M8190 > Keysight M8190 Soft Front Panel). M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 23 You must start the firmware in order to send SCPI commands to the instrument. The M8190 IVI Drivers and the Soft Front Panel start the firmware automatically. In this case, the firmware is only visible as an icon in the task bar’s notification area. M8190A Getting Started Guide...

  • Page 24: How To Access Two M8190A Modules In A Single Chassis

    Following are the recommend steps to do that: Step 1 - Create a shortcut of the M8190A firmware on your desktop and rename it to “M8190A #1”. Then create another shortcut of the firmware and rename “M8190A #2”.
  • Page 25 You can also copy an existing firmware shortcut present on the desktop and then paste it (Paste shortcut) two times: Step 2 - Now, open the M8190A firmware and identify the VISA Resource Strings for the two M8190A modules. M8190A Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 26 Step 4 – Similarly, copy the Visa Resource String for second firmware and add it to the target field and press “OK”. Once you have created the shortcuts, start the firmware instances by double-clicking on these shortcuts. M8190A Getting Started Guide...

  • Page 27: Basic Problems

    Introduction 2.7 Basic Problems Query The M8190A firmware does not come up. Solution You should power cycle the chassis and reboot the host system. The following is the power-up sequence: Power up the chassis first. Use the ON/STANDBY button on the front panel of the chassis.
  • Page 28 Click Accept. For more details, refer to online help of Keysight Connection Expert. Query The M8190A firmware comes up, but the M8190A SFP (Soft Front Panel) does not comes up. Solution Ensure that same version of both M8190A Firmware and M8190A IVI drivers must be properly installed.

  • Page 29: Esm Front Panel Connector

    Keysight M8190A – Arbitrary Waveform Generator Getting Started Guide AXle Chassis Introduction This chapter describes the usage of the AXIe chassis in combination with the M8190A. The detailed documentation for the AXIe chassis can be found at:  http://www.keysight.com/find/M9505A for 5-slot chassis ...
  • Page 30 External Trigger connections. The Trigger In of the AXIe ESM cannot be used to trigger the Trigger Out M8190A. The M8190A has its own Trigger In. The Trigger Out of the AXIe ESM cannot be controlled by the M8190A. Clock In External clock connections.

  • Page 31: Esd Protection

    Keysight M8190A – Arbitrary Waveform Generator Getting Started Guide M8190A Maintenance Introduction This chapter explains how to install and maintain the M8190A. It covers the following topics:  ESD Protection  Power & Ventilation Requirements  Thermal Protection  Battery ...

  • Page 32: Thermal Protection

    For reliability, it is recommended to send instruments with broken or defective fans immediately to Keysight Service for repair. 4.4 Battery The M8190A does not have a battery. 4.5 Operating Environment Storage Temperature −40 °C to +70 °C Operating Temperature 0 °C to 40 °C...

  • Page 33: Performance Specification

    Keysight M8190A – Arbitrary Waveform Generator Getting Started Guide Characteristics 5.1 Performance Specification The performance specification can be found in the Data Sheet of the M8190A at: http://www.keysight.com/find/M8190A 5.2 General Power consumption 210 W (nom), 12 GSa/s operation Operating temperature 0 °C to 40 °C...
  • Page 34 This information is subject to change without notice. © Keysight Technologies 2017 Edition 10.0, October 2017 www.keysight.com...

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