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Racal Instruments 3271 Operating Manual (138 pages)

VXI SIGNAL GENERATOR 9 kHz - 2.4 GHz

Brand: Racal Instruments | Category: Portable Generator | Size: 23 MB

About this Manual
6
Intended Audience
6
Document Conventions
6
Table of Contents
7
Precautions
8
General Conditions of Use
8
Installation
9
Symboles Signalant Un Risque
10
Vorsichtsmassnahmen
12
Allgemeine Hinweise Zur Verwendung
12
Precauzioni
14
Simboli DI Pericolo
14
Pericolo D'incendio
15
Precauciones
16
Símbolos De Peligro
16
Condiciones Generales De Uso
16
Peligro De Incendio
17
Chapter 1 General Information
18
Main Features
18
Performance Data
20
Versions, Options and Accessories
23
Installation and Power-Up
26
Installing in VXI Mainframe
27
Routine Safety Testing and Inspection
27
Internal Fuses
27
Cleaning
27
Putting into Storage
28
Front Panel Connectors and Indicators
28
Fig. 2-1 3271 Front Panel Showing Connectors and Indicators
28
Chapter 2 Installation and Power-Up
29
Switching on
29
Disk Installation/Loading Instructions
29
Introduction
32
Device Listening Elements
32
Device Talking Elements
32
Programming
33
Program Messages
33
Compound Headers
33
Program Data
34
Message Exchange Protocol
34
Common Commands and Queries (IEEE 488.2)
34
Device Dependent Commands
35
Default Settings
36
Table 3-1 Instrument Default Settings
36
Carrier Frequency
38
RF Level
39
Output Control
41
Modulation Mode
42
Modulation Control
43
Frequency Modulation (and FSK)
44
Phase Modulation
46
Amplitude Modulation
48
Pulse Modulation
50
Memory Stores
51
Memory - Store
51
Memory-Recall
52
Recalling Default Settings
52
Memory - Erase
53
Memory - Sequencing
53
Memory - Triggering
54
Memory - Protection
54
Sweep Operation
55
Sweep Mode
56
Sweep Control
57
Trigger Source
58
Sources
58
Miscellaneous Commands
59
Attenuator Hold
59
Table 3-2 Attenuator Lock Ranges
59
Power-Up Options
60
Reverse Power Protection
61
Operating Hours
61
Frequency Standard Selection
62
Reading Error Messages
62
Status Byte
63
Status Data Structure - Register Model
64
Standard Event Registers
65
Hardware Event Registers
66
Coupling Event Registers
67
Instrument Event Registers
68
Queue Flag Details
69
Status Byte When Read by *STB
70
Status Byte When Read by Serial Poll
71
Summary of Status Reporting Commands and Queries
72
Error Messages
73
Error Handling
73
Background Errors
73
Foreground Errors
73
Error Queue
73
Table 3-3 Background Errors (500 - 599) in Priority Order
74
Table 3-4 Foreground Errors (0 - 399)
75
Table 3-5 IEEE 488.2 Errors (400 - 499)
76
Technical Description
78
Frequency Generation
78
Introduction
82
Test Precautions
82
Recommended Test Equipment
83
Executable Soft Front Panel Software
83
Test Procedures
84
RF Output
84
Specification
84
Test Equipment
84
RF Level Frequency Response
85
ALC Linearity
85
Attenuator Accuracy
86
Test Procedure
86
Carrier Frequency Accuracy
87
Spectral Purity
88
Harmonics
89
Non-Harmonics
90
Residual FM
90
SSB Phase Noise
91
Internal FM
92
FM Deviation and Distortion
93
FM Scale Shape
93
Carrier Error
94
External FM Frequency Response (ALC Off, DC Coupled)
94
External FM Frequency Response (ALC On)
95
Phase Modulation
96
Phase Modulation Flatness
96
Amplitude Modulation
97
AM Depth and Distortion
97
AM Scale Shape
98
External AM Frequency Response (ALC Off, DC Coupled)
98
Pulse Modulation
100
Pulse Modulation RF Level Frequency Response
100
Pulse Modulation On/Off Ratio
100
Pulse Modulation Rise and Fall Time
101
Test Procedure
101
Modulation Oscillator
101
Modulation Oscillator Frequencies
102
Modulation Oscillator Distortion and LF Output Flatness
103
External Frequency Standard Input
103
Acceptance Test Results Tables
105

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