Preface - Sony Tektronix VX4792 User Manual

Preface

Manual Organization
Notational Conventions
Active Signal States
Number Base
VX4792 User Manual
This manual provides the information necessary to install, configure, and operate
the VX4792 Arbitrary Waveform Generator.
This manual consists of the following chapters and appendices:
H Getting Started contains a basic product description and information on how
to configure and install the waveform generator.
H Operating Basics contains a functional overview, instrument I/O informa-
tion, and descriptions of basic applications.
H Syntax and Commands contains syntactic rules, a list of commands by
functional group, and full command descriptions in alphabetical order.
H Status and Events describes the waveform generator status and event
reporting structure.
H The Appendices contain an ASCII and GPIB code chart, a list of error
messages, descriptions of default settings, a summary of the waveform
library disk, detailed specifications, a performance verification procedure,
and information about some of the functions used to assemble equations.
H Glossary/Index contains a glossary of both instrument-specific and general
VXI terms, and a full index.
The following notational conventions apply throughout this manual:
A tilde (~) following a signal mnemonic (as in ACFAIL~) indicates that the
signal is active when in its low state.
A signal mnemonic without a tilde indicates that the signal is active when in its
high state.
Unless otherwise noted, all numbers are assumed to be decimal (base 10).
Numbers expressed in other bases appear with that base attached as a subscript.
For example, binary (0110
may appear in this manual.
), octal (341 ), and hexadecimal (97FF
2 8
) numbers
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