Front Panel Operating Tasks
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Systron Donner
. This menu item allows you to select Systron Donner command set as the remote con-
trol language to be used by the instrument using the instrument's GPIB or RS-232 port. The Systron-
Donner language option must be installed in order to access this menu item.
Wavetek 90X
. This menu item allows you to select Wavetek 90X command set as the remote control
language to be used by the instrument using the instrument's GPIB or RS-232 port. The Wavetek 90X
language option must be installed in order to access this menu item.
2.4
Front Panel Operating Tasks
This section describes front panel operation of the 2500A.
This section contains the following subsections:
• “Power-Up” - This section explains the power-up sequence of the 2500A.
• “Sanitization” - This section explains how to “sanitize” the 2500A instrument memory of any instru-
ment states that might contain instrument state information that might be classified.
• “Basic Operating Tasks” - This section explains how to perform some basic tasks, such as how to pre-
set the instrument to factory default settings, and how to set and modify instrument parameters.
• “Signal Generation” - This section explains how to use the instrument to generate different types of
output signals, with or without modulation.
• “Remote Setup” - This section explains how to set the instrument’s GPIB address and choose its
remote language so that it can be used in remote operating mode.
2.4.1
Power-Up
When the 2500A is powered up, the system runs through a series of start-up tasks. If problems are
encountered by the system during start-up, an error message is displayed after start-up is complete.
2.4.1.1
Normal Power-Up
After the main power switch is pressed the message “INITIALIZING GT 2500A” momentarily appears
in the display, then a screen appears that is similar to Figure 2-30.
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