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72 Agilent Connectivity Guide
4 Connecting Instruments to USB
USB Quick Start
This section shows suggested steps to help you quickly get started
connecting Universal Serial Bus (USB) enabled instruments to the USB.
Typical USB Interface System In this guide, a USB interface system
is defined as a system in which USB-enabled instruments are connected
via a USB cable to a USB 1.1 port in a Windows PC or to a USB 2.0
port in a Windows XP PC (with Service Packs 1 or 2).
Figure 17, below,
shows a typical USB interface system with a PC and a USB instrument
connected via a USB cable.
Figure 17 Typical USB Interface System
NOTE
Optionally, a USB hub may be connected between the PC and USB
instrument(s). However, this configuration is not described in this guide.
See your USB hub documentation if you use a USB hub.
PC
USB Cable
Connect to USB
port on PC.
Connect to
USB port on
instrument.
Instrument