User`s guide

94 Agilent E6474A User’s Guide
4 Use Your System
If an .spf file is not open when you start the E6474A software,
you need to create one. You must also create a new one if you
have used the system, disconnected devices, and then
reconnected them to different COM ports than those to which
they were originally connected.
Identifying the Devices
The software must identify the system devices before it can
communicate with them. System devices include the phones,
the E645xx receivers or E746xx scanner, and the navigator (if
equipped). This process is also referred to as “configuring the
system.”
System Setup View
The System Setup view is used for identifying the devices.
Before identifying the devices, it appears as shown in Figure 40,
through Figure 42. After identifying the devices, it displays a
tree diagram of the system configuration, showing the computer
COM ports and the devices connected to them, as shown in
Figure 3. The following example shows how to identify a phone
attached to the COM1 port.
NOTE
The E6474A software is shipped with a set of default and demo plan files
for each technology. These files can help you to see how .spf files are set
up and used. For information on how to locate these files and what each
file contains, refer to the online help, where you can use the help index to
locate Default Plan Files or Demo Plan Files.
NOTE
Generic data devices are configured differently than phones used in
conversation mode. See “Generic Data Devices" on page 99 for setup
information.