I want control a Switch HP8711B with VEE . I use A VNA 8753ES, The probleme that's the switch don't have a GPIB Port, so i must control it with a VNA, some Body can help me for a VEE command ?
Key missing piece of info: You have an HP8711B-K40. the K40 designation is what makes this not a network analyer.
The control for this is from the parallel port. Under the local hardkey, you will see a setting for "Parallel [copy]". Hit this key once and it changes to "GPIO". Now you can use this port to control things. Under the Seq hardkey you will see a TTL I/O key, under this you will see the parallel out key. This is where you can send parallel port commands.
Excersize for the student: study the 8753 manual and the test set manual, and figure out commands need to be sent out.
I tried to control ports from VNA with a VEE command, i used "WRITEIO" command but he give me a error . So what's the probleme ? bad command ? or another think
Did you try to control the test set manually from the 53 using the parrallel port command? -If yes: was it successful, ----- If Yes, now you need to figure out the 53 GP-IB command to send the same info -----If no, then maybe it can't be done, or you need to look more closely at the test set commands required to control it. -If no: please try
When I said 53, I meant, the 8753ES that you mentioned at the first post. Connect the parallel port from the 8753ES to the parallel port input of the test set.
Hello, It seems that I have been a bit too cryptic in my comments.
Let me state the situation that I understand: You are trying to use an Hp8711 K40 switching test set, which is only designed and specified to work with an 8711 Network Analyzer, with your existing 8753ES. Further, you would like to control it with VEE.
The FIRST step is to see if the 8753ES can control the test set using the built in parallel port on the 8753ES, connected to the test set.
To accomplish this, connect the NA to the switch using a parallel cable (don't use VEE, do this manually from the front panel). With the connection, send the paralle1 port information, and see if the test set switches according to the proper codes sent as it says in the manual.
I think the codes are in the form of "addr, data"
BUT! it's not clear that you can control this test set from anything other than an 8711 network analyzer
The control for this is from the parallel port. Under the local hardkey, you will see a setting for "Parallel [copy]". Hit this key once and it changes to "GPIO". Now you can use this port to control things. Under the Seq hardkey you will see a TTL I/O key, under this you will see the parallel out key. This is where you can send parallel port commands.
Excersize for the student: study the 8753 manual and the test set manual, and figure out commands need to be sent out.
-If yes: was it successful,
----- If Yes, now you need to figure out the 53 GP-IB command to send the same info
-----If no, then maybe it can't be done, or you need to look more closely at the test set commands required to control it.
-If no: please try
Let me state the situation that I understand: You are trying to use an Hp8711 K40 switching test set, which is only designed and specified to work with an 8711 Network Analyzer, with your existing 8753ES. Further, you would like to control it with VEE.
The FIRST step is to see if the 8753ES can control the test set using the built in parallel port on the 8753ES, connected to the test set.
To accomplish this, connect the NA to the switch using a parallel cable (don't use VEE, do this manually from the front panel). With the connection, send the paralle1 port information, and see if the test set switches according to the proper codes sent as it says in the manual.
I think the codes are in the form of "addr, data"
BUT! it's not clear that you can control this test set from anything other than an 8711 network analyzer