Controller for Signal generator

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Python Linux 64-bits Windows
adf435x_ctrl.py adf435x_ctrl.tgz adf435x_ctrl.exe setup_gtk20dll.exe

Python	Linux 64-bits	Windows
adf435x_ctrl.py	adf435x_ctrl.tgz	adf435x_ctrl.exe	setup_gtk20dll.exe

Installation:

Python: You need a Python installation. Defaults can be altered in the first 25 lines.
Linux: gtk2.0 needed; tar -zxf siggen.tgz, place adf435x_ctrl e.g. in your bin dir.
Windows: download and install also setup_gtk20dll.exe, put adf435x_ctrl.exe at the same location. Make a starup-icon, here you can add the options for different defaults.

Point mode	Sweep mode	Sweep2 mode	Settings

Usage

First Connect, see Settings to alter port nr.

Point mode:
- Choose level and frequency
- Click Start
- Step up and down using 'Up', 'Down' buttons, with step as set near 'step freq'
- Start/stop, no need to stop if frequency is changed
Sweep mode:
- Set start/stop/step frequency
- Click Start
Sweep2 mode:
- Sweep using Point mode
- Same as sweep mode, but sweep controlled by adf435x controller
- Extra: Set step speed

Options for default values:

option	example	comments
-p <portnr>	-p 16	see in program, settings-tab for port name versus nr.
-rf <ref-freq>	-p 26.0	in MHz
-l <level>	-l -9	0,-3,-6,-9
-f <frequency>	-f 141.12	in MHz
-fa <start frequency>	-fa 100.0	in MHz
-fb <stop frequency>	-fb 200.0	in MHz
-fs <step frequency>	-fs 10.0	in MHz

Note:

Some generators have 26 MHz reference instead of 25 MHz.

Some generators have wrong start/stop frequencies with sweep. Trying this to correct by changing the reference signal results in 'hicks' at certain frequencies during sweep, so don't do that.