Service manual

14 Getting Started Chapter 1
Installing VXI
Instruments Using
VIC
If you use an E1406A Command Module or an E8491A PC Link to VXI
Interconnect in Slot 0 of the mainframe, you can use the
Agilent
Technologies VXI Installation Consultant
(VIC) to assist you in installing
VXI instruments. To use VIC, follow these steps. For actual installation of
instruments into the mainframe, see "Installing C-Size Instruments" or
"Installing "A- or B-Size Instruments".
1 Insert the
Agilent Technologies Universal Instrument Drivers CD
(received with your Slot 0 card) into your CD-ROM drive and wait a
few seconds for the setup instructions to appear.
2 If the setup screen does not appear in a few seconds, click
Start|Run
and type <
drive >:setup.exe in the Run box, where drive is your
CD-ROM drive.
3 When the main menu appears, click
Launch Installer or View
Manuals
. Click Next on the next screen and Yes on the third screen
to go to the Choose Type of Installation screen.
4 Click the
RUN VIC... icon and then click Next to start VIC. Follow the
onscreen instructions to install VXI instruments in the mainframe.
Installing C-Size
Instruments
Figure 1-3 shows typical installation of C-Size instruments. Power
requirements for the following C-Size instruments are NOT supported
in the Standard version of the E8408A and should NOT be installed in
an E8408A mainframe.
Note The E1430A and E1437A digitizers can be installed if you have Option 001.
• E1426A 500 MHz, 4-Channel VXI Oscilloscope
• E1428A 1 GSa/s VXI Oscilloscope
• E1429A/B 20 MS/s A/Ds
• E1430A 10 MS/s, 23bit, A/D with Filter and Memory
• E1437A 20 MSa/s Digitizer with DSP
• E1445A Arbitrary Function Generator
• E1450A Timing Module
• E1451A/E1452A I/O Modules
• E1476A/B SONET Modules
• E1740A Time Interval Analyzer
Installing A- and
B-Size Instruments
Figure 1-4 shows typical installation of A- and B-size instruments.
• E1403B A/B-size Module Carrier extends the P1 connector on the
VXIbus backplane and mounts the (A/B-size) modules flush with
C-size modules. This carrier is recommended for Agilent B-size,
slave-only devices which have the P1 connector.
• E1407A A/B Module Carrier extends the P1 and P2 connectors
on the VXIbus backplane. This carrier is recommended for B-Size,
slave-only devices which have the P1/P2 connectors.