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Contents
About this manual ................................................................................................................... ii
Preface......................................................................................................................................iv
Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 1-1
Chapter 2 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................. 2-1
Chapter 3 LOCAL OPERATION......................................................................................................... 3-1
GETTING STARTED ....................................................................................................... 3-11
DETAILED OPERATION................................................................................................ 3-21
UTILITIES ....................................................................................................................... 3-131
Chapter 4 REMOTE OPERATION ..................................................................................................... 4-1
REMOTE OPERATION COMMANDS............................................................................ 4-3
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL.................................................................... 4-4
Common commands........................................................................................................... 4-11
Output control commands................................................................................................. 4-17
Reference oscillator commands......................................................................................... 4-27
The [SOURce] subsystem — an introduction .................................................................. 4-31
RF output frequency commands....................................................................................... 4-33
List commands.................................................................................................................... 4-41
AM commands.................................................................................................................... 4-49
Burst commands................................................................................................................. 4-61
Frequency hopping commands ......................................................................................... 4-75
FM commands .................................................................................................................... 4-81
IQ commands...................................................................................................................... 4-93
IQ commands — ARB subsystem................................................................................... 4-105
IQ commands — DM subsystem..................................................................................... 4-113
IQ commands — DM:Tones subsystem ......................................................................... 4-119
IQ commands — DM:Generic subsystem...................................................................... 4-123
Phase modulation commands .......................................................................................... 4-133
Pulse modulation commands........................................................................................... 4-145
Power commands.............................................................................................................. 4-147
Sweep commands.............................................................................................................. 4-157
Instrument system-level commands................................................................................ 4-161
Measurement unit commands ......................................................................................... 4-171
Calibration commands..................................................................................................... 4-173
Diagnostic commands ...................................................................................................... 4-177
Display commands............................................................................................................ 4-185
Virtual front panel commands ........................................................................................ 4-189
Status commands.............................................................................................................. 4-195
Chapter 5 BRIEF TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION.............................................................................. 5-1
Chapter 6 OPERATIONAL VERIFICATION TESTING................................................................. 6-1
Index .................................................................................................................................................I-1