Installation guide

1-4 Agilent Technologies E5500A Installation Guide
Welcome to the E5500A Phase Noise Measurement System Series of
Solutions
System Requirements
The setup program in the E5500 Phase Noise Measurement Software makes
installation easy. In case you want a quick review of the system
requirements, we have listed them first.
NOTE E5500 Standard “A” (without a computer supplied by Agilent Technologies)
users are required to supply an Agilent/HP 82341C GPIB Interface Card for
their computer.
The system requirements for the phase noise measurement software are:
• Pentium
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microprocessor (100 MHz or higher recommended)
• 32 megabytes (MB) of memory (RAM)
• 1 gigabyte (GB) hard disk
• Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA)
• 2 additional 16-bit ISA slots available for the phase noise system
hardware.
❍ 1 for VXI-Digitizer Card
❍ 1 for GPIB Interface Card
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
• PCI/MIX-2 PC Board (included)
• Agilent/HP 82341C GPIB Interface Card (Required)
Table 1-2 Connectors and Adapters
Part Number Description
Agilent/HP
70420A
Agilent/HP
70420A
Option 001
Agilent/HP
70420A
Option 201
Agilent/HP
70422A
1250-0207 BNC, 50 ohm Termination 1 1 1
1250-0780Adapter,N(m)-BMC(f) 3231
1250-1250 Adapter, N(m) - SMA(f) 1 2
1250-2015 Adapter, SMA(f) - BNC(m) 1
5061-5311 Adapter/Saver, 3.5mm(f) - 3.5mm(f) 2 2
1250-1200 Adapter, SMA(m) - BNC(f) 2