
SEC110N2. OPERA11NGIN~1
2.0 latroducdon. This sectionof the manual
containsinfonnationaboutconnectingand~rating
the 2910A and shouldbe readcompletelybefore
usingtheins~L
WARNING
This P'048Ct Is "08 4 t.'086h t..
groundila6colld1leto,0/ fA. pow., ,ourc..
B./o,. conn.ctln, Gn,thln6 to th.
1M"." , besun to plII6 fA. pow'" cord
illto GP"'Pf'rl' wind pow,., nt"qlieGl t1I4Ils
COIIIImMtoGhl6h tlUJIlitJ.nil f"HII'd. It is
.«.,rsGI'J to 6rQund lb. in.r~1It ill this
WGJia ord,., to GPoid ~l«trlcGl liock Gad
Gaun 118/.OJHr8tiD&
NOTE
TheBNCOIItputshUldi.r,~*d.
2.1 Input r~. lk 2910Ais factorywiled to
operatefrom 100.120or 230%10'*'Volts AC. 60
Hz. Verify thatthecorrectpowerisavailablebefore
pluggingin thei~nt.
2.2 F1* RepI8CeI:;:~t.The29lOAisprotectedby
two It line input fusesthatarelocatedon theleft
portion of the power receptical. Use a small
screwdriver to apply pressureat the side of the
fusebolderandthefusebolderwill snapout.
WARNING
n~ 2910.4..",rt H dLrcoftft«/Mfro. u..
pow~r b~/or~ att~mptill' to nplae~ t"~ /run.
CAUDON
Forfire protection. replacethefuse'sonly with
slowfuse raledfor 250Vand0.25Qnlpe'ns.
NOVA.TECH INSTR UMBNT5, INC.
NOTE
EitMr 5x2Ommor 1/4"x 11/4 ..fuses
WID)'H ue4 5x 2(),u,aan NCDWlllleMe4
2.3 Local(FnJIItPaaeI)OperatiolL ThefollowiDl
procedureshould be used to operatethe 2910A
DirectDigital Synthesizerfromthefront panel.
a) C..=-::.~~~ 2910A to AC 1iDeJX)wef.
b) Connectthe lpp11:Jpriatecoaxial cablesto the
BNCoutputCOImeCtorsonthe2910Afrontpanel.
NOTE
1M outputampl;~ can varyfrom theoutput
uttiIIg whIII""illg long CdblelengthsIUIlu.rthe
c4bl~ ;.f t.""i1l4t~d witII 4 50 oil". load.
NOVATECH reco".".~nd.f ""ing a 50 Oil".
Terminator. When u.fing a terminator the
displayshowstwice the ampli~ deliveredto
tJlllood.
c) Turn 011the 2910A by depessiDathe power
switchlocatedontherearpaneljust abovethepower
cord input pl. andwait approximately7 seconds
whiledie2910Aperforms. selftest. The display
will read(c) 1993NOVATECH. 2910A Rev x.xx
duringselftest.
NOTE
... 291OA
1MJInt isusedit will besetup
tim~
with iu de/GIIlIs~gs of J.(XX)MHz and J.OO
Vpp DC aft,.r the self t,.st is completed. T1ae
defaldtmill.. .reningsareshownin Table J. T1ae
29J0.4..,. CmlbechGngedusingthe~ and
selectPIU1I bIInMS. M~,." s~l«tioru 4. 5. and 6
affect theoperatioraof the instrument and should
hI set appropriately prior to operating the
29J0.4Wlr locGlcOfllrol.
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