User`s guide

User’s and Service Guide 3-1
3 Controlling the Test Set and Making
Measurements
The Agilent 87050A Option K24 is a “slave” instrument: a controller
must be used to control the test set. There are three ways in which the
test set can be controlled:
• The controller can talk to the network analyzer GPIB, which then
controls the test set via the parallel connection
• The controller can control the test set directly via GPIB
• A network analyzer equipped with a parallel connection can control
the test set directly
NOTE The following key conventions are used throughout this document.
•
[HARDKEYS] are labeled front panel keys
•
SOFTKEYS are unlabeled keys whose function is indicated on the
instrument display