The UTILITY Window
AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator provides the function to format a
2HD 1.44 MB floppy disk into MS-DOS format. Note that you cannot define a
disk label for the floppy disk.
NOTE. Formatting a floppy disk destroys any data on that disk. Before formatting
a disk, make sure it does not contain needed data.
Do the following steps to format a floppy disk:
1. Push the UTILITY (front-panel)!Disk (bottom).
2. Push the Format Floppy side button to begin formatting.
While the formatting is being executed, the clock icon is displayed in the screen.
When formatting is complete, the clock icon disappears and the floppy disk drive
LED goes off.
Displaying Disk Usage
The AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator displays the information regarding
the disk usage and free space on the hard disk and floppy disk.
1. Push the UTILITY (front-panel)!Disk (bottom).
2. Push the Main side button for the hard disk or Floppy side button for the
floppy disk.
The drive name, free space, and total capacity for the selected storage drive is
displayed.
Free space for the currently selected storage drive is displayed in the file list on
the EDIT menu screen.
CRT Brightness
Do the following steps to adjust the CRT brightness:
1. Push UTILITY (front-panel)!System (bottom)!Brightness Level
(screen).
2. Turn the general purpose knob to adjust the CRT brightness level. The
default brightness level is 70%.