Agilent Technologies N8201A manual Hardware Setup and Configuration

Hardware Setup and Configuration 2

This section describes how to access and use the Agilent N8201A Option H02 Spectrum Analyzer GUI.

1From the Windows Desktop, click

Start > All Programs > Agilent SI Tools > N8201A Option H02 Spectrum Analyzer GUI.

2Click File > Connect (upper-left corner)

on the Agilent N8201A Option H02 Spectrum Analyzer GUI.

3Enter the VISA Address (for example, TCPIP0::141.121.87.18::inst0::instr) of the instrument being connected to and click OK.

•If you don’t know the IP address of the instrument, that is used as part of the VISA Address connection string, refer to the Default IP Address that is displayed when verifying connection with the Synthetic Instrument Finder. (Refer to “Step 3. Verify Connection with Synthetic Instrument Finder" on page 32.)

The Agilent N8201A Option H02 Spectrum Analyzer GUI controls the N8201A performance downconverter that is equipped with Option H02 and simulates the functionality of an Agilent PSA spectrum analyzer. To learn how to use the controls of this GUI interface, refer to the PSA documentation.

PSA documentation is available from the Agilent N8201A Performance Downconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 3 Hz to 26.5 GHz, Instrument Drivers and Documentation CD (refer to “Installing Software and Instrument Drivers" on page 6) or from the Web at:

http://www.agilent.com/find/psa

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