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The functions of the ports at the back of the PNA E8362B ?

Question asked by Hidayah on Mar 7, 2008
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Hi,

As I know, the PNA E8362B have no serial port at its back. May I know what is the functions for other ports such as gpib talker/listener port, Aux I/O, test set port and handler I/O port ? If I want to read the data directly from the PNA, which one should I use ? I know the gpib port can be used to read the data to PC using the gpib cable. Other than the gpib port, which port I can use to read the data directly from PNA to any board wthout using any PC ? Thanks.

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Dayah

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daras Mar 7, 2008 9:41 AM
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The only port, other than GPIB, that you can use to read data from the PNA is the LAN port. The other ports are for test set control, trigger operations, and other related functions. The PNA online help has a back panel tour that describes each port in the back panel in detail.

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Hidayah Mar 7, 2008 10:14 AM
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Hi,

If I use the LAN port, then I must use a PC to get the data right ? Could you please briefly tell me how to read the data using the LAN port ? What I want to do is read the data from PNA directly to DSP board. Thanks.

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Dayah
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daras Mar 7, 2008 11:35 AM
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Hi Dayah,

Whenever you are talking to a PNA (or any other instrument) over LAN or GPIB you will need a computer. I am not aware of any solutions where data from an instrument can be read directly from a measurement instrument into a DSP boards over LAN or GPIB. There are a number of ways you can use LAN to communicate with the PNA. The PNA has a proprietary AxtiveX automation interface that can be accessed over LAN using Microsoft DCOM, or you can simply open a telnet session to the PNA and send SCPI commands and receive data. You can also utilize a VISA LAN (TCPIP) protocol to communicate with the PNA using the SCPI command set. You can find more about these under the programming section of the online help, which you can read on the web at the following address:

http://na.tm.agilent.com/pna/help/PNAWebHelp/help.htm

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