Specifications

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16800 Series PC characteristics
Operating system Microsoft Windows
®
7 Embedded (64-bit)
Processor Core 2 Duo, M890, 3.0 GHz microprocessor
Chipset Intel Q45
System memory 4 GB
Hard disk drive 500 GB
Installed on hard drive Operating system, latest revision of the logic and protocol application software, optional application
software ordered with the logic analyzer
16800 Series instrument controls
LCD display Large 38.1-cm (15-in.) display makes is easy to view a large number of waveforms or states (Touch
screen available via Option 103)
Front-panel hot keys Dedicated hot keys for selecting run mode and disabling touch screen (if ordered)
Front-panel knob General-purpose knob adjusts viewing and measurement parameters
Keyboard and mouse PS/2 keyboard and mouse (shipped standard)
16800 Series video display modes
Available touch-screen
display
Size 38.1 cm (15 in.) diagonal
Resolution 1024 x 768
External display Simultaneous display capability Front panel and external display can be used simultaneously at
1024 x 768 resolution
Supports up to four external monitors at up to 1600 x 1200 (with PCI video card)
Programmability
You can write programs to control the logic analyzer application from remote
computers on the local area network using COM or ASCII.
The COM automation server is part of the logic analyzer application. This soft-
ware allows you to write programs to control the logic analyzer. All measure-
ment functionality is controllable via the COM interface.
The B4608A Remote Programming Interface (RPI) lets you remotely control a
16800 Series logic analyzer by issuing ASCII commands to the TCP socket on
port 6500. This interface is designed to be as similar as possible to the RPI on
16700 Series logic analysis systems, so that you can reuse existing programs.
The remote programming interface works through the COM automation objects,
methods, and properties provided for controlling the logic analyzer application.
RPI commands are implemented as Visual Basic modules that execute COM
automation commands, translate their results, and return proper values for the
RPI. You can use the B4606A advanced customization environment to customize
and add RPI commands.
Computer with
Windows XP or Windows 7
Logic analyzer
(16900/16800/1680)
or PC running Agilent
logic analyzer application
LAN connection
Distributed COM
Instrument COM
automation server
Figure 6. 16800 Series programming overview.
16800 Series Instrument Characteristics (continued)