Operator’s Manual WaveStation Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator
WaveStation 4 922700-00 Rev A Observe all terminal ratings. Do not apply a voltage to any input that exceeds the maximum rating of that input. Refer t
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 5 B Cleaning Clean only the exterior of the instrument using a damp, soft cloth. Do not use harsh chemicals or abras
WaveStation 6 922700-00 Rev A WARNING. Interrupting the protective conductor inside or outside the instrument, or disconnecting the safety ground term
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 7 B Hardware and I/O Adjusting the Handle The construction of the handle on your WaveStation can be adjusted to brid
WaveStation 8 922700-00 Rev A Front Panel 1. Power Button 2. USB Connector - USB 2.0 connector which is used for making USB-GPIB or Memory Stick co
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 9 B NOTE: It's important to understand the relationship between the Main Waveform Type buttons, the Waveform Si
WaveStation 10 922700-00 Rev A Getting Started with WaveStation The WaveStation Interface NOTE: The default signal is a Sine wave as each channel tab
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 11 B Navigating Interfaces, Adjusting Parameters, and Making Selections Specific waveform types may be used as carri
WaveStation 12 922700-00 Rev A While navigating, you'll come across the following interfaces and button type combinations. First/Second Press
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 13 B 3. Making the actual parameter adjustments or other selection is made a few different ways. Most are done by
WaveStation 14 922700-00 Rev A On the Display Dialog - Some adjustment/selection choices are shown right on the Display dialog. On the Detail D
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 15 B Waveform Types and Default Parameters Provided your WaveStation is powered on, a single waveform type is always
WaveStation 16 922700-00 Rev A Initial Function Settings Each function (Modulate, Sweep, Burst, Save/Recall, Utility, and Help) contains default setti
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 17 B Save/Recall, Utility, and Help Buttons Save/Recall - Press the Save/Recall button to store or arrange wavefo
WaveStation 18 922700-00 Rev A The menu behavior/relationship looks like the following: Save/Recall, Utility, and Help Function Buttons Also mentione
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 19 B The menu behavior/relationship looks like the following:
WaveStation 20 922700-00 Rev A Digital Input Front Panel Controls Three sets of buttons - The Number Buttons, The Direction Buttons, and the Adjustmen
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 21 B This section covers details around creating waveforms and making specific adjustment/selection parameter choice
WaveStation 22 922700-00 Rev A PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Press the Frequency/Period operation button a second time to select and adjust the Perio
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 23 B PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Press the Amplitude/HLevel operation button a second time to select and adjust t
WaveStation Function/ Arbitrary Waveform Generator Operator’s Manual March 2013
WaveStation 24 922700-00 Rev A PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Press the Offset/LLevel operation button a second time to select and adjust the LLevel (
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 25 B Phase/EqPhase With the Sine waveform and the Phase/EqPhase operation button pressed once to select Frequency, a
WaveStation 26 922700-00 Rev A Creating a Square Wave When first pressing this waveform button on the Front Panel, the WaveStation shows the Square Op
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 27 B Creating a Ramp Wave When first pressing this waveform button on the Front Panel, the WaveStation shows the Ram
WaveStation 28 922700-00 Rev A Creating a Pulse Wave When first pressing this waveform button on the Front Panel, the WaveStation shows the Pulse Oper
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 29 B Delay With the Pulse waveform and the Delay operation button pressed once, a Pulse waveform is shown on the Wav
WaveStation 30 922700-00 Rev A Creating a Noise Wave When first pressing this waveform button on the Front Panel, the WaveStation shows the Noise Oper
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 31 B and Detail dialogs. There is a System Default Arb Waveform and a User-Defined Arb Waveform. Press adjacent Oper
WaveStation 32 922700-00 Rev A Built-In Arbitrary Waveforms After selecting Arb → Load Wform → Built-In, a menu is shown categorizing the Built-In Arb
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 33 B Stored Waveforms After selecting Arb → Load Wform → Stored Wforms, the Stored Waveforms are shown on the Wavefo
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WaveStation 34 922700-00 Rev A Generating Modulated Waveforms Overview Specific waveform types may be modulated (as carrier waveforms) using the WaveS
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 35 B Generating an AM Modulated Waveform After selecting the Mod → AM (Amplitude Modulation) operator button, the Wa
WaveStation 36 922700-00 Rev A Generating an FM Modulated Waveform After selecting the Mod → FM (Frequency Modulation) operator button, the WaveStatio
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 37 B Generating an ASK Modulated Waveform After selecting the Mod → ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) operator button, Wa
WaveStation 38 922700-00 Rev A Generating an FSK Modulated Waveform After selecting the Mod → FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) operator button, WaveStatio
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 39 B Generating a PM Modulated Waveform After selecting the Mod → PM (Phase Modulation) operator button, WaveStation
WaveStation 40 922700-00 Rev A Generating Sweep Waveforms Specific waveform types may be swept (as carrier waveforms) using the WaveStation. Sine, Squ
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 41 B Second operation button press parameters are shown in reverse color on the waveform detail dialog to provide a
WaveStation 42 922700-00 Rev A Sweep Operation menu selections and parameters include SwpTime, StopFreq, FreqSpan, StartFreq, MidFreq, Source, TrigOut
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 43 B Generating Burst Waveforms Specific waveform types may be burst using WaveStation. Sine, Square, Ramp, or Arb w
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A i B TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ...
WaveStation 44 922700-00 Rev A Operation menus containing more parameters than the ones showing on the first menu have a 1/X ↓ final selection. The a
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 45 B NCycle/Gated - Press this operation button to select either NCycle or Gated for your burst waveform(s). Many
WaveStation 46 922700-00 Rev A Save/Recall Overview The first step when using the Save/Recall is to press the corresponding Save/Recall function butto
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 47 B While details around saving and recalling different folders and file types are covered here, the following sec
WaveStation 48 922700-00 Rev A Some operation menus contain more parameters than the ones showing on the first menu. When this is the case, a 1/X ↓ fi
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 49 B Browser This control contains Path, Folder, and File options. Successively pressing the Browser option button
WaveStation 50 922700-00 Rev A When saving information, use Digital Input Front Panel Controls to provide a file name in the following manner: Pres
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 51 B Delete You can delete stored Setups or Data by navigating to the desired file stored on either WaveStation it
WaveStation 52 922700-00 Rev A Utility NOTE: See Combined Use of Waveform, Function, and Configuration Buttons (on page 17). Main Utility Operations T
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 53 B Utility Operation Menu Selections and Parameters The following operations are available from the Util menu opt
WaveStation ii 922700-00 Rev A Generating an ASK Modulated Waveform ... 37 Generating an FSK Modulated Wavefor
WaveStation 54 922700-00 Rev A WaveStation PC Drivers and Software (on page 66). Be sure to make the USBTMC setting before connecting to WaveStation f
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 55 B Sync - Press this option button and an additional menu is provided where you can turn the State of your sync
WaveStation 56 922700-00 Rev A System Press this option button on the 2/2 main Util menu and additional menus are provided where you can make various
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 57 B NOTE: When selecting the Set to Default option button, your WaveStation is restored to various factory settings
WaveStation 58 922700-00 Rev A LED Test o Press the SelfCal option button and the WaveStation starts a series of calibration tests as a progress bar
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 59 B Exit the screen by pressing any Option, Waveform, or Function button on the Front Panel. Update - Firmware u
WaveStation 60 922700-00 Rev A Sweep Default Value Start/Stop Frequency 100 Hz/1.9 kHz Sweep Time 1 S Trig Out Off Mode Linear Direction ↑ Burst Def
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 61 B Using WaveStation Help To access online Help, press the Help function button on the Front Panel. After pressing
WaveStation 62 922700-00 Rev A Controlling WaveStation with USB-GPIB and/or USBTMC WaveStation can be controlled using either USB-GPIB (for GPIB) or
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 63 B Connecting the USB-GPIB Adapter First, make sure you've set your WaveStation to receive the USB-GPIB conne
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 1 B Welcome Thank you for purchasing a Teledyne LeCroy WaveStation. The WaveStation is a function/arbitrary waveform
WaveStation 64 922700-00 Rev A Updating WaveStation Firmware WaveSation firmware updates are released periodically and available for free download fro
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 65 B WaveStation PC Software Overview You can use the WaveStation Software to send and receive waveforms files over
WaveStation 66 922700-00 Rev A Installing Drivers and Software In order to use WaveStation with your PC, you must install the drivers and software in
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 67 B Making the WaveStation-PC Software Connection To share waveform data between your WaveStation and a PC: 1. Ins
WaveStation 68 922700-00 Rev A You can also just click the Read wave button on the lower part of the WaveStudio PC Software. The Read wave pop-up is
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 69 B NOTE: A scalar representation of the waveform data is sent. Adjust the amplitude, frequency, and offset as des
WaveStation 70 922700-00 Rev A Modifying Waveform Files from PC Software to WaveStation With your WaveStation - PC Software connection completed as e
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 71 B Provide a Name for your waveform and, if desired, provide details for Samples, VPP, Quantify, Frequency, and Pe
WaveStation 72 922700-00 Rev A Transfer waveform files to WaveStation by selecting Communication → Send wave from the menu bar or, click the Send wave
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 73 B Retrieve the sent ARB sent to your WaveStation as explained in Main Save/Recall Operations (on page 46), by pre
WaveStation 2 922700-00 Rev A Package Contents The standard WaveStation package includes the following: WaveStation Function/Arbitrary Waveform Gen
WaveStation 74 922700-00 Rev A Reference Certifications This section certifies the instrument’s Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Safety and Enviro
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 75 B 4 Meets Performance Criteria “B” limits of the respective standard: during the disturbance, product undergoes a
WaveStation 76 922700-00 Rev A The design of the instrument has been verified to conform to the following limits put forth by these standards: Over
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 77 B Environmental Compliance END-OF-LIFE HANDLING The instrument is marked with this symbol to indicate that it co
WaveStation 78 922700-00 Rev A Contact Teledyne LeCroy Teledyne LeCroy Service Centers United States and Canada - World Wide Corporate Office Teledyn
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 79 B Index A Adjusting the Handle, 7 Amplitude/HLevel, 22 B Back Panel, 9 C Combined Use of Waveform, Function, and
WaveStation 80 922700-00 Rev A Modifying Waveform Files from PC Software to WaveStation, 70 Modifying Waveform Files from WaveStation to PC Software,
Operator’s Manual 922700-00 Rev A 3 B Safety Instructions This section contains instructions that must be observed to keep the instrument operating in
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