HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP 34811A Work Light User Manual


 
Table of Contents
Conventions Used in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The READBLA.WRI file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
In This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 1 – Installation
Equipment Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Personal Computer Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Computer Interface Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the HP BenchLink/Arb Software . . . . . . . . . . . 9
If you encounter problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
To Change the HP BenchLink/Arb Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Freeing Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
To Remove HP BenchLink/Arb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2 – Quick Start
HP BenchLink/Arb Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Palette Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Waveform Edit Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wave View Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starting and Closing HP BenchLink/Arb . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
To Create, Save, and Output an Arbitrary Waveform . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3 – Using HP BenchLink/Arb
About Arbitrary Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Creating Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Standard Waveshapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Freehand Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Line Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editing a Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting Parts of a Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Modifying Standard Waveshape Segments . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Copying the Active Waveform Edit Window as a Bitmap . . 30
Inserting Data Into an Existing Waveform . . . . . . . . . . 30
Clearing Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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