Note: M980xA does not support this function.
Yes. It has to do with software licensing. The licenses for other PXI modules were tied to the module. But we recently introduced the idea of transferable licenses (for example you can move time domain from one instrument to another). Licenses are then tied to something like a MAC address rather than the module. But for multisite there is only one MAC address on the controller, so it can't support multisite software licenses. The solution is to have "counted" licenses where we support more than 1 license on a single MAC address. When that enhancement is finished the multisite can be supported.
Dr. Joel,
Thanks, I’m guessing multi-site support will be ready relatively soon as it doesn’t seem that big of a change. It that type of time frame expected? We are currently in the process of designing and purchasing several test sets from a vendor using primarily Keysight instruments and each test set will require multi-site licensing for the M9804A PXIe VNAs. The CDRs are this week and the long lead purchasing usually starts immediately after the CDRs.
Lloyd
Lloyd Olson
Fellow Engineer
Test Design Engineering
Northrop Grumman Corporation
7323 Aviation Blvd.
Linthicum, MD 21240-2001
Please contact me via my email at joel_dunsmore@keysight.com from your company email and I can update you.
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Yes. It has to do with software licensing. The licenses for other PXI modules were tied to the module. But we recently introduced the idea of transferable licenses (for example you can move time domain from one instrument to another). Licenses are then tied to something like a MAC address rather than the module. But for multisite there is only one MAC address on the controller, so it can't support multisite software licenses. The solution is to have "counted" licenses where we support more than 1 license on a single MAC address. When that enhancement is finished the multisite can be supported.