Agilent Technologies N8201A manual Left Pane, Right Pane

3Using the Agilent Synthetic Instrument GUI

4Select an N8201A performance downconverter and click Test (lower-left corner) on the Connect to Instrument dialog box.

•If the bottom of the dialog box displays the message “Connection Succeeded“, the instrument was found and communication has been established.

•If the bottom of the dialog box displays the message “N8201A is not supported”, the instrument is not communicating. Refer to “Troubleshooting" on page 50.

5Click Connect (lower-right corner) on the Connect to Instrument dialog box and the following dialog box should appear.

If the Agilent Synthetic Instrument GUI appears, the N8201A performance downconverter has successfully connected using a LAN connection!

Left Pane

The lower portion of the left pane displays the settings available for adjustment on the N8201A performance downconverter. Click a function button to activate that function and the related functions are displayed in the Properties area. For example, Center Frequency is the active function and all settings associated with Center Frequency are available for modification.

Right Pane

The upper portion of the right pane always displays the functions that are most commonly used for a measurement. These functions are also accessible from the left pane. Changing one of these parameters changes the setting in the left pane as well.

The lower portion of the right pane can have three tabs: Dynamic Help, Instrument Information, and the Event Log. For more information on theses areas, refer to “Dynamic Help" on page 72, “Instrument Information" on page 73, and “Event Log" on page 73.

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