Operating basics
Quick tutorial: How to select a waveform and adjust parameters
If you are a beginning user, you can follow the steps described here to get
acquainted with how to select a waveform and adjust waveform parameters.
1. Press the power button to on the instrument.
2. Connect the C H1 Output of the instrument to the oscilloscope input with a
BNC cable.
3. Select a waveform.
4. Enable the signal output.
5. Observe a waveform displayed on the oscilloscope
screen.
6. Use the front-panel shortcut buttons on the instrument to select a waveform
parameter.
7. Select Frequency as a parameter to be changed.
8. Change the frequency value using the numeric keys.
9. Change the waveform parameters using the general purpose knob and the
arrow keys.
Quick tutorial: How to generate a sine waveform
If you are a beginning user, you can follow the steps described here to learn how
to generate a continuous sine waveform.
1. Connect the power
cord, and then push the
front-panel power on/off
switch to turn on the
instrument.
2. Connect a BNC
cable from the CH1
Output of arbitrary
function generator to
an oscilloscope input
connector.
3. Push the front-panel Sine
button, and then push
the Continuous button to
select a waveform.
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