HP ESG ESG-D Series Signal Generator E4400-90143 Programming Guide Mar 1998

HP ESG ESG-D Series Signal Generator E4400-90143 Programming Guide Mar 1998

This is the original Hewlett-Packard Programming Guide for the HP ESG and HP ESG-D Series Signal Generators, publication number E4400-90143, printed March 1998. The guide covers remote operation and SCPI-based programming of the ESG and ESG-D series instruments, providing the full command reference needed to control these generators via IEEE-488.2 (GPIB) or RS-232 interfaces.

Specifications & What's Included

• Publisher: Hewlett-Packard (HP)
• Publication Number / Part Number: E4400-90143
• Title: HP ESG and HP ESG-D Series Signal Generators Programming Guide
• Print Date: March 1998
• Format: Printed manual in original HP three-ring binder
• Language: English
• Applies to: HP ESG Series and HP ESG-D Series Signal Generators
• Interface coverage: IEEE-488.2 (GPIB) and RS-232 (Serial) remote programming
• Sections included (per table of contents):
  • Chapter 1 – Preparing for Use (remote operation setup, verifying programming functionality)
  • Chapter 2 – Programming Fundamentals (data transfer, HP-IB, SCPI nomenclature, status register system)
  • Chapter 3 – Programming Examples (11 worked examples covering CW, AM, FM, sweep, pulse modulation, and sweep service requests)
  • Chapter 4 – Programming Command Cross-Reference (front panel key vs. command, HP BASIC compatible language)
  • Chapter 5 – Language Reference (full SCPI subsystem command listings: CALibration, CORRection, DIAGnostic, DISPlay, FM, FREQuency, LFOutput, MEMory, OUTPut, PM, POWer, ROUTe, STATus, SWEep, SYSTem, TRIGger, and more)
  • Chapter 6 – Error Messages (SCPI standard errors, device-specific errors, instrument-specific error codes)

Applications

The HP ESG and ESG-D Series were HP's analog and analog/digital signal generators introduced in the mid-to-late 1990s, covering RF frequencies typically from 250 kHz up to 1, 2, 3, or 4 GHz depending on the model variant. They were widely used in RF and microwave design, production test, and component characterization environments. This programming guide is the reference engineers and technicians need to automate these generators in bench or rack test systems using SCPI commands over GPIB or RS-232 — covering everything from basic frequency and power output commands to complex modulation subsystem control and status register management. Today these guides remain essential for labs still operating ESG-series instruments, as well as for collectors and technicians maintaining legacy HP RF test setups. Because HP's test and measurement division was spun off as Agilent Technologies in 1999 and later became Keysight Technologies, documentation for this generation of instruments is searched under all three brand names.