Step 5 - Equipment Setup

Ensure the equipment is turned off.

Connect the equipment to a computer using one of the following methods for instrument control:

LAN Network— Closed connect the hardware and computer to an external LAN network using standard LAN cables.

If you are connecting to an E6640A, the instrument has two (2) LAN ports on the front panel. LAN 2 (the left most port) uses a static assigned IP address, and you should use the LAN 2 port to connect the test set.

Crossover LAN— Closed connect the hardware directly to the computer using a crossover LAN cable. (You will need to configure your PC using this setup.)

Crossover LAN—If connecting more than one instrument (signal generator, spectrum analyzer):
- one 10Base-T crossover cable for the PC
- one 10Base-T cable for each instrument
- one 10Base-T hub

GPIB— Closed connect the equipment directly to the computer using a GPIB cable.

Equipment Setup

Equipment Required

GPIB cable between PC and signal generator.
One of the following interfaces configured using the Keysight IO Libraries:
- GPIB interface card in PC
- Keysight 82357B USB/GPIB interface connector for USB port

You can test the GPIB connections by using either the Connection Expert or the Interactive IO utility that comes with the Keysight IO Libraries. Refer to the Keysight IO Libraries Suite documentation for more information.

PXI—connect the computer's MXI/PXI adapter to the PXI mainframe.

Hardware Connections

The following hardware can be used to create a system:

Signal Generator	E4438C
	E8267C
	E8267C Option 015
	E8267D
	E8267D Option 015
	N5172B
	N5182A
	N5182B

Baseband Generator and Channel Emulator	N5106A

Wireless Communications Test Set	E6607

Wireless Test Set	E6640

Arbitrary Waveform Generator	ESG/PSG Internal AWG (Options 001, 002, 601, 602)
	N5172B Internal AWG
	N5182A/B Internal AWG