Waveform Licensing 5-Pack or 50-Pack

Waveform licensing is a cost-effective solution that lets you license individual waveforms rather than the Signal Studio software.

Waveform licensing 5-pack consists of nine different option numbers (Options 221-229)*. Each option enables you to license up to five Signal Studio waveforms, one waveform for each of the five available slots per option. By ordering all nine options, you can store a total of 45 Signal Studio waveforms.

Waveform licensing 50-pack consists of ten option numbers (Options 250-259)*. Each option enables you to license up to 50 Signal Studio waveforms, one waveform for each of the 50 available slots per option. By ordering all ten options, you can store a total of 500 Signal Studio waveforms.

Summary of How It Works

• Every waveform created with Signal Studio has a unique "waveform ID" that is stored in the header.
• A 5-pack gives you 5 licensing "slots", and a 50 pack gives you 50 licensing "slots" in the generator.
• To license a single waveform, you must "lock" it into a slot in the generator. Then, when you try to play it out, the generator will recognize that waveform ID and allow it to be played out.
• When you first download a waveform into a slot on the generator, you have a 48 hour time limit to decide if you want to lock the waveform or not. You can replace the waveform in the slot and play out the waveform from the slot during this 48 hour period.
• After the 48 hour period expires, you can replace the waveform in the slot, but cannot play any waveform from the slot. To play any waveform from a slot after the 48 hours have expired, you must lock it into the slot.
• Once you lock a waveform into a slot, you cannot replace it with any other waveform, and you cannot modify the waveform parameters (like bandwidth, modulation format etc) in any way.

Getting a Waveform License

With each order of a Waveform licensing 5-pack or 50-pack, you will receive a license:

• Option 22x—This license allows you to assign 5 waveforms to your signal generator for permanent playback.
• Option 25x—This license lets you assign 50 waveforms to your signal generator for permanent playback.

When ordering multiple waveform licenses of either 5-pack or 50-pack, be sure to use different option numbers; the same option cannot be licensed to a signal generator more than once. For example, to order two licenses for either license type:

• 5-pack—order 221 and 222, not two 221 licenses (the option numbers range from 221 to 229)
• 50-pack—order 250 and 251, not two 250 licenses (the option numbers range from 250 to 259)

*Additional Note: Requires Option 653 ARB baseband generator