HP 8510 User Manual

Turn On System Power
Turn on rackpower, line power to the sources, test set, and other equipment, and then the HP
8510. Dep ending up on the contents of HP 8510 Instrument State 8 and the current HP 8510
Hardware State, the system may not be fully op erational immediately after initial p ower up.
Messages to the op erator may app ear on the screen and beep sounds may b e heard. If so, load
the pulse instrument state and hardware state as describ ed b elow. The rmware revision will
be displayed on the screen. It should b e B.05.11 or later for HP 8510B, and C.06.54 or later
for HP 8510C.
Load Pulse Hardware State and Instrument State Files
The pulsed-RF conguration les are supplied with the option 008 equipment. Use the
following pro cedure to load the hardware state le 8 and the instrument state all le 8 into
HP 8510 memory.
1. Load the conguration tap e/disk.
Press 4
TAPE/DISC
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STORAGE IS TAPE/DISC .
2.
Load pulse
hardware
state.
Press
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FILE
8
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The
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enhancemen
t
annotation
should
app
ear
at
the
left
side
of
the
screen.
This
sho
ws
that
the
HP
8510
is
op
erating
in
the
m
ultiple
source
mo de.
3.
Load
pulsed-RF
instrumen
t
state in
to
inst.
state
8.
Press
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LOAD
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INST.
STATE
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FILE
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4.
After
loading the
les,
press
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RECALL
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INST.
STATE 8
.
Recalling
instrumen
t state
8sets
the
correct
instrumen
t
state
for
pulse
op
eration.
If
the
wideband IF
is selected,
a W
annotation will
app
ear
at
the
left
side
of
the
screen.
This
shows
that
the
wideband
IF
and
detectors
are
selected
and
that
the
TTL
signal
at
the
HP 8510 rear panel PULSE OUTPUT connector is activated. Select the wideband IF by
pressing the following keys.
5.
Press 4
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DETECTOR: WIDE BW .
Note
Preset
alw
a
ys
selects
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DETECTOR:
NORMAL
BW
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If these les are not a
vailable, create
the correct hardw
are state le and instrumen
t state le
as describ ed in the Creating Pulse Hardw
are and Instrumen
t States c
hapter.
Operating
the
HP
8510
for
Pulsed-RF
Measurements
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HP 8510 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	8510
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English