SG01 Software User`s Manual
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1. SG01VB32 bas SGO1VB32 vb SGO1VB64 bas and SGO1VB64 vb are VB modules SG01VB32 bas is for VBA on 32bit Window OS and SGO1 V B64 bas is for VBA on 64bit Windows OS When you write a VBA program you can add the module to your program so as to call the functions from SGOIALL dll SGOIVB32 vb is for VB in Visual studio 2005 or other version Visual studio on 32bit Windows OS and SGOIVB64 vb is for VB in Visual studio 2005 or other version Visual Studio on 64bit Windows OS When you write a VB program you can add the module to your program so as to call the functions from SGOLALL dll 2 4 Command SETSG01 exe The SG01 USB Signal Generator can be controlled by command line The command is SETSGO1 exe which is installed in the folder of C Program Files LQElectronics SGO1API for 32bit Windows OS or in the folder of C Program Files x 86 LQElectronics SGO1API for 64bit Windows OS The command of SETSGO1 exe has 4 parameters 1 Firstis serial number of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator 2 Second is desired frequency 3 Third is desired output power level 4 Forth is output on off LQ Electronics Page 9 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual The frequency unit is KHz and the output power level is dBm Output on is 1 and off is 0 Four parameters must be set in one command to drive the SGO1 USB Signal Generator The format is gt SETSG01 space Serialnumber space Frequency space Outputpower space Onoff Where Serialnumber the serial number of2. 40MHz to 3200MHz Output power level range is from 23dBm to 10dBm 84dBuV to 117dBuV 50ohm output For detailed parameters of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator please refer to Specification for USB Signal Generator SGOI The software for SG01 USB Signal Generator is SG01 Software which includes three main elements 1 One is the SGO1 control panel SGOI exe which is user friendly Graphic User Interface GUI User can control the output of SGO1 USB Signal Generator by just clicking the buttons or inputting the number of the desired frequency and inputting the number of desired output power level 2 Second is Application Programmable Interface APD which includes static library SGO1lib h with SGO1lib lib and dynamic link library SGOI ALL dll and another library SGO1ALL_c h SGOIALL c lib and SGOIALL c dll Users can write their own programs to control the SGO1 USB Signal Generator automatically in any programming languages Even in Windows Office software such as Excel 3 Third is command line SETSGO1 exe SETSGO1 exe is a command at windows console It can control SGO1 USB Signal Generator by 4 parameters serial number frequency output power and output ON OFF The API examples and command line examples have been installed with the software together The examples are built by Visual Studio 2005 at 32bit OS of Windows XP with SP3 The GUI can control maximum 4 units of SGO1 USB Signal Generators at the same time The API can
3. 5G01 USB Signal Generator Frequency desired frequency in KHz 40000 to 3200000 Outputpower desired output power in dBm 23 to 10 Onoff 1 for turn on the SGO1 USB Signal Generator or O for turn off the SGO1 USB Signal Generator Example if you copy SETSGO1 exe to a directory C user then C user gt SETSGO1 SG001E8481 1000000 10 1 will set the SGO1 USB Signal Generator to output signal to be 1GHz and 10dBm 2 5 SG01 API vs LabView It is possible for SGO1 API to be loaded into LabView because functions in SGO1ALL_c dll are exported by standard C format headed by extern C LabView can import third party dll by importing lib and h or by function node in the dll Detailed information on how to call a function from third party library please refer to link http www ni com white paper 3341 en fttoc5 or http www ni com tutorial 3009 en LQ Electronics Page 10 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual 3 0 GETTING STARTED Installing SGO1 Software and starting Application 3 1 Installing SGO1 Software SGO01 Software is properly compressed in an installation file which is called SGO1 vnnn setup exe where vnnn is the version number such as v201 All the files are included in SGO1 vnnn setup exe SGOI vnnn setup exe is stored in a USB flash drive which is attached with the SGO1 USB Signal Generator when you buy the product In addition you can download it from website http www lgelectronics com support USBSG download
4. Serial number of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator connected to the computer 6 Model The model of the USB Signal Generator 7 Device number USB device number which is assigned by the computer 8 Output Level Unit Output power level unit selection ticked for dBuV 50ohm output Default is dBm 9 Output on off switch Ticked default for output ON un ticked for output OFF 10 Output power horizontal bar Move the bar to set output power level appeared in the output power level window 11 Output power level set button Click the button to set the output power level of the SG01 USB Signal Generator 12 Output power level unit Output power level unit for the number shown in the output power level window 13 Output power level window Output power level number is shown in the window 14 Output frequency set button Click the button to set output frequency for the SGO1 USB Signal Generator 15 Output frequency unit Output frequency unit for the number shown in the frequency window 16 Button for Sweep Icon Click the button Sweep Control Panel Fig 4 will show 17 Button for frequency and power level to be stored into SGO1 USB Signal Generator Click the button frequency and power level of current setting will be stored into USB Signal Generator so that the signal generator can be run without computer Using the SGO1 Control Panel e Setfrequency There are two ways to set the SGO1 output frequency A Click the frequency window and ke
5. html When you start to install the SGO1 USB Signal Generator follow the steps below 1 Plug the SGO1 USB Signal Generator to a computer ignore all reminders of the computer Plug the USB flash drive double click the file of SGO1 setup exe 3 Follow the instruction appeared on the screen of your monitor the software will be installed automatically We strongly recommend you plug SG01 USB signal generator to the computer before install SG01 Software to avoid window assigns wrong USB driver 3 2 Starting the Application The application of SGO1 GUI is installed into the startup program menu at LQElectronics SGO1 Just click it the SGO1 GUI starts up LQ Electronics Corp Tel 408 836 8112 Email sales 9 lgelectronics com http www lqelectronics com 1 1LQ Electronics Page 10 of 11
6. program maximum 30 units of SGO1 USB signal generators SGO01 Software has been tested on 32bit OS of Windows XP with SP3 32bit OS of Windows 7 with SP1 64bit OS of Windows Vista with SP1 and 64bit OS of Windows 7 with SP1 Detailed functioning of the software will be covered in Section 2 in this document 1 2 Authorized Use Permission Usage of this software is limited to its owner via the terms of its development SG01 Software is wholly owned by LQ Electronics Corp and may not be used or referenced without their express consent 1 3 Points of Contact 1 3 1 Information For additional information please email sales gelectronics com LQ Electronics Page 3 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual 2 0 SG01 SOFTWARE 2 1 SG01 GUI SGO01 GUI SGOl exe is installed in the folder of C Program Files LQElectronics SGO1GUI for 32bit Windows OS or in the folder of C Program Files x 86 LQElectroncis SG0O1GUI for 64bit Windows OS It is a user friendly GUI and very easy for user to control SGO1 USB Signal Generator It can control maximum 4 units of SGO1 USB Signal Generator connected to the computer by USB interface There are three stages for the SGO1 GUI 1 One is SG01 Main Frame see Fig 1 which shows the model and serial number of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator connected at the USB interface of the computer 2 Second is the SGO1 control panel see Fig 2 which shows the control functions of the SGO1 3 Third is Sweep control pane
7. SGO01 Software User s Manual SG01 Software UserR s MANUAL LQ Electronics Page 1 of 11 SG01 Software User s Manual SG01 USER S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 0 GENERAL INFORMATION eeaesoses stexehos etvesbo ott brg sputo va rques obe teu du te prg ese up por ese erii eiae p agn 3 1 1 SG01 USB Signal Generator and SG01 Software Overview eere ettet 3 1 2 Authorized Use PermissiOn eee e eene e eese essere eene ta asosiasi sss sosto eos e natns eta sesso setas tasso 3 1 3 Points Of Contact RR 3 1 3 1 INfOPMAt ON ss80 cer EM 3 2 0 NICHE ALATEST 4 2 1 MTM GUT Pr 4 22 16 LE B Y v feet m T 8 2 3 Visual Basic VB and Visual Basic Application VBA Modules e eeeeeeeres 9 2 4 Command SETSQG I exe eee eee e eee eee e eene tees a enata stato seta stesso se tastes sons soiin osis 9 2 5 SGOLAPE ys Lid V MCW Perl 9 3 0 GETTING STARTED ins seins tehesi usan da esent efti ees 11 3 1 Installing eT In PIRE 11 3 2 Starting the ApplicatiOrn eoo eee snae oo epe et oou oe Foot ena ineens Fe oet ne saab kl o rgo eo eh Te ona Pe oe pa Poeno epo seus 11 LQ Electronics Page 2 of 11 SG01 Software User s Manual 1 0 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 1 SG01 USB Signal Generator and SG01 Software Overview SGO01 USB Signal Generator is a synthesized continuous wave signal generator The Output frequency range is from
8. frequency end frequency frequency step and delay time click Frequency Sweep to start the sweep 2 Another is output power level sweep You can input sweep start power level by click up down button at Start Point window and end power level by click up down button at End Point window input power level step by click up down button at Step window at Output Level Sweep line Delay time unit is millisecond ms Maximum delay time is 60 seconds Power level sweep unit can be set to dBm or dBuV by ticking Level Unit in Fig 4 After you input the desired start output power level end point of output power level output power level step and delay time click Level Sweep to start the sweep 2 2 SG01 API SG01 API is comprised of header file SGO1lib h static library SGOllib lib and dynamic link library SGOIAIl dll and another library SGOIALL c h SGOTALL c lib and SGO1ALL_c dll The files are installed in the folder of C Program Files LQElectronics SGO1 API for 32bit Windows OS or C Program Files x86 LQElectronics SGO1API for 64bit Windows OS The static library and dynamic library are written of Visual Studio 2005 C and can be called by user s programs in any languages at Windows OS such as VB VBA or C C It is very convenient to call the functions in the libraries Even in Office Excel you can still call the functions by VBA to drive the SGO1 USB Signal Generator by calling the functions in SGO1ALL dl
9. l The maximum devices the libraries can drive are 30 SGO01 API functions Function A Get a specific SG01 Signal Generator USB device number int GetDeviceNumber char sn The input variable of the function is a character pointer sn where stores the serial number of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator The return value is the USB device number assigned by the computer the SGO1 connected If there is an error the return value is 100 Windows OS assigns a unique number to a specific USB device when a USB device is plugged into a computer When the SG01 USB Signal Generator is unplugged and re plugged with other USB devices together the assigned USB device number may change or may not change depending whether other USB devices use the same USB protocol driver When a USB device is plugged into the computer the first task is to get the device number assigned by the computer The serial number can be obtained from the outside label of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator or by opening SGO1 GUI which will show the serial numbers of the SGO1 plugged to the computer Function B Output power ON OFF int output ONOFF int DeviceNumber bool onoff The input variables are integer DeviceNumber obtained from function A and Boolean onoff for the output on off or 1 0 The function is to control the SGO1 USB Signal Generator output on off The return value should be 0 if function is successful Otherwise the return value is 100 Function C Write a Frequency
10. l see Fig 4 which shows the sweep functions of the SGOI software Stage 1 SG01 Main Frame If you connected a SGO1 USB Signal Generator on your computer you will see the Icon as shown in Fig 1 when you run SGO1 exe Q ELECTRONICS CORP LQ ELECTRONICS CORP USB SIGNAL GENERATOR SG01 SOFTWARE SG01 SG001E8481 LO ELECTRONICS CORP Copyright 2014 Fig 1 Main Frame In Fig 1 SGO1 is the model of the USB Signal Generator SGOO1E8481 is the serial number of the SGO1 USB Signal Generator which is connected to the computer Stage 2 SG01 Control Panel Click the serial number in Fig 1 the SGO1 Control Panel will appear as Fig 2 LQ Electronics Page 4 of 11 SGO1 Software User s Manual Fig 2 SG01 Control Panel Fig 3 illustrates the items which are shown in the Fig 2 15 14 13 m SG01 USB Signal Generator PRISES FREQUENCY 1 1 OU PUT VEI im T 11 2 10 3 9 4 8 16 17 c 7 Fig 3 Items appeared on the SG01 Control Panel The functions of each item is explained as below LQ Electronics Page 5 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual 1 Frequency window Output frequency of the signal generator is shown in the window 2 MHz horizontal bar Move the bar to set the output frequency by MHz 3 KHz horizontal bar Move the bar to set output frequency by KHz 4 Frequency Unit select Select the frequency unit for the frequency number shown in the frequency window 5 Serial number
11. to Signal Generator LQ Electronics Page 8 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual int write freq int DeviceNumber int freq The input variables are integer DeviceNumber obtained from function A and integer freq for the desired frequency output from the SGO1 USB Signal Generator The input frequency unit is KHz therefore the variable freq should be from 40000 to 3200000 The return value should be O if the function is successful Otherwise the return value is 100 Function D Write output power Level to SG01 USB Signal Generator int write pwr int DeviceNumber double pwr The input variables are integer DeviceNumber obtained from function A and double pwr for the desired power level output from the SGO1 USB Signal Generator The input power level unit is dBm The variable pwr should be from 23 to 10 with a step of 0 5 The return value should be 0 if the function is successful Otherwise the return value is 100 Function A must be called before you call other functions because the SGO1 USB Signal Generator initialization is included in function A Functions in SGO1AII dll are compiled and exported by stdcall not cdecl It is recommended to call the functions in SGO1ALL dll from VB or VBA For C C or other languages it is recommended to call functions from static library of SGOllib lib with SGOllib h or dynamic library SGO1ALL_c dll with SGOITALL c lib and SGO1ALL_c h 2 3 Visual Basic VB and Visual Basic Application VBA Modules
12. y in desired frequency then click Set button B Move the frequency horizontal bar MHz and KHz to input desired frequency then click Set button The default frequency unit is KHz Frequency input range should be from 40MHz to 3200Mz Frequency set to be less than 40MHz will be set to 40MHz Frequency set to be greater than 3200MHz will be set to 3200MHz e Set output power Level There are two ways to set the SGO1 output power level A Click the output power level window and key in desired output power then click Set button LQ Electronics Page 6 of 11 SGO01 Software User s Manual B Move the output power level horizontal bar to input desired output power then click Set button The default output power level is OdBm Output power level step is 0 5dB Output power level should between 23dBm 84dBuV and 10dBm 117dBuV Output power level set to be less than 23dBm 84dBuV will be set to be 23dBm or 84dBuV Output power level set to be greater than 10dBm 117dBuV will be set to be 10dBm or 117dBuV Change Frequency unit For the convenience to input frequency you can change the frequency unit to be KHz MHz and GHz through Frequency unit select refer to Fig 3 item 4 Change output power unit For the convenience to input output power level you can change the output power unit to be dBm or dBuV which is based on 50ohm by ticking the level unit refer to Fig 3 item 8 Sweep output power level or frequency range If
13. you need to sweep the frequency or output power level click Sweep button the Sweep Control Panel will appear see Fig 4 Store Current setting for frequency and power level If you need the SGO1 USB Signal Generator working without computer connection first set the frequency and power level to be desired frequency and power level Then click STORE button Fig 3 item 17 then the current setting will be saved to USB Signal Generator Stage 3 SG01 Sweep Control Panel Click Sweep button in SGO1 Control Panel Sweep Control Panel will show in Fig 4 Q ELECTRONICS CORP USB SIGNAL GENERATOR FREQUEHCY SWEEP Start point kHz End point kHz Step kHz Delay time ms Frequency seep OUTPUT LEVEL SWEEP Start point dBm End point dBm Step dB Delay time ms Leva ME NENND ee 07707 Serial Humber gt gt Model i Humber Level Unit l G001E8431 SG01 0 Fig 4 Sweep control panel There are two lines for sweeping 1 One is frequency sweep You can input sweep start frequency at Start Point window and end frequency at End Point window at Frequency Sweep line input frequency step at Step window at Frequency Sweep line All frequency units are KHz Input delay time at Delay time window Delay time unit is millisecond ms Maximum delay time is 60 seconds LQ Electronics Page 7 of 11 SG01 Software User s Manual After you input the desired start
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