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1. Out of the Box

1.1. Message to the User

Congratulations on having purchased an Agilent Technologies Acqiris data conversion product. Acqiris digitizers are

high-speed data acquisition modules designed for capturing high frequency electronic signals. To get the most out of

the products we recommend that you read this manual carefully. We trust the product you have purchased will meet

with your expectations and provide you with a high quality solution to your data conversion applications.

1.2. Using this Manual

This guide assumes you are familiar with the operation of a personal computer (PC) running a Windows

2000/XP/Vista/7 (32/64) or other supported operating system. It also assumes you have a basic understanding of the

principles of data acquisition using either a waveform digitizer or a digital oscilloscope.

The manual is divided into 5 separate sections. To understand the elements of operation for the module it is essential

that you read them all.

Chapter 1 OUT OF THE BOX, describes what to do when you first receive your new Acqiris product.

Special attention should be paid to sections on safety, packaging and product handling. Before

installing your product please ensure that your system configuration matches or exceeds the

requirements specified.

Chapter 2 INSTALLATION, covers all elements of installation and performance verification. Before

attempting to use your Acqiris product for actual measurements we strongly recommend that you

read all sections of this chapter.

Chapter 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, provides a full description of all the functional elements of the

digitizer.

For information necessary for writing your own software to control Acqiris products you should refer to the

Programmer’s Guide and the Programmer’s Reference Manual.

1.3. Conventions Used in This Manual

The following conventions are used in this manual:

This icon to the left of text warns that an important point must be observed.

WARNING Denotes a warning, which advises you of precautions to take to avoid being electrically shocked.

CAUTION Denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to avoid electrical, mechanical, or

operational damages.

NOTE Denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

Italic text denotes a warning, caution, or note.

Bold Italic text is used to emphasize an important point in the text or a note

mono text is used for sections of code, programming examples and operating system commands.

B,KB,MB,GB is for Byte, KiloByte = 1024 bytes, MegaByte = 1024*1024 bytes, GigaByte = 1024*1024*1024

bytes

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