The main tool bar provides provides buttons for frequently used steps in configuring the system to play the waveforms.. Click each tool bar item to view its description.
The feature/application tool bar provides options when configuring playback, real time, I/O settings, or instrument settings.
Displays the Configuration Browser in the tree view where you can select a new configuration. The configurations displayed depend on the hardware and licenses installed in your instrument. Selecting a configuration in the tree view displays the block diagram for the configuration in the parameter view.
Displays the Download panel where you can view the names and status of waveform files or dynamic fading scenario files, and then select them for downloading. The dynamic fading scenario files are only active when you have enabled dynamic fading; otherwise, they are greyed out.
Ensures accurate power for the current configuration. You should run
a power calibration any time you perform an action that changes the
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Power Calibration Considerations
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If the system is playing, click Stop before running Calibrate Power. |
Triggers the PXB to start generating all the downloaded waveforms (or data from a connected external input device) for the currently loaded configuration. If the trigger source is set to Bus, no waveform will be played until you send the *TRG command. If the trigger source is set to Hardware, no waveform will be played until the first hardware trigger is received.
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Play is enabled once a configuration with external input has been loaded. For all other configurations, Play is enabled once you have completely downloaded your waveform files to each BB Gen block in the PXB. Waveforms cannot be updated while the instrument is playing. |
Triggers the PXB to stop playing all the downloaded waveforms or signal data for the currently loaded configuration.
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Stop is enabled once you start playing the waveforms or signal data. |
Returns the settings of the current pane: playback, baseband generator or I/O settings to their default values.
Displays the Block Diagram and the External Instrument Table for the currently loaded configuration.
Allows you to quickly duplicate settings from one resource to another like resource. Suggested uses include:
Copy settings within any group, such as the Baseband Generator, the Fading, or the I/O and paste in other resources within that group.
Copy a resource from one configuration and paste to a like resource in another configuration.
Copy fading path parameters from one path and paste to another or copy and paste from one Fader group to another.
The Copy button is enabled once your configuration is loaded and the settings are displayed in the parameter view. To copy a resource's settings:
Navigate to the 
Settings Browser
and select a resource.
Edit the displayed resources's settings if desired.
Click the Copy button. After Copy is selected, the settings are stored until either another resource within that group is copied or the user interface is closed.
The Paste button is enabled once you have copied the settings of one resource within the selected group. To paste a copy of stored settings to other settings within a group or to like resources in another configuration:
Click the Paste
button. The Paste dialog box that appears depends on the type of settings
you have copied. For instance, if you have copied Playback settings, the
Playback Paste dialog box
is displayed.
Select the destination resources in the list.
Click OK to overwrite each selected resource with the stored settings. If you click the Cancel button, nothing is pasted, and the dialog box closes. Only valid destination resources appear in the Paste dialog box.
Displays a short definition at the bottom of the pane when you click a parameter setting with Show Help active. Toggling the button hides the help information.
