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4 Using the Agilent 89600 VSA Software with the PXT
The Agilent PXT/VSA Communicator is an application to enable the communication between the PXT and the
PC running the Agilent 89600 VSA software. The Agilent 89600 VSA (VSA) is a PC based flexible measurement
tool used to make measurements on IQ waveforms. PXT/VSA communicator enables you to use the PXT as
hardware to capture uplink signals. You can take live measurements and do analysis while capturing signals in
real-time or you can perform post-capture analysis on an IQ file.
Firmware and Software Requirements
Instrument/Software: Version number
E6621A PXT
6.4 or later
Agilent 89601B VSA (32 bit version)*
14.x or 15.x **
Agilent PxtVsa Communicator
1.0 or later
*64 bit version of VSA is not currently supported.
** Note that you must have selected “Hardware Support” during the installation of the VSA software. Both
the Agilent IO Libraries and VXl based VSA Libraries must be installed to achieve connectivity with the PXT.
These are requirements of the Agilent 89600 VSA software.
License Requirements
Instrument/Software: Option number
E6621A PXT
N6051A* (RF Measurements) and either of the following:
• N6050A-7FP (FDD)
• N6050A-8FP (TDD)
Agilent 89600B VSA
200 (base VSA)
300 (HW connectivity)
Either of the following to match your PXT setup:
• BHD (LTE-FDD)
• BHE (LTE-TDD)
Agilent PxtVsa Communicator
Only those licenses stated above
*If you are upgrading to E6621A PXT software version 6.4, you must also have a valid Software and
Technical Support Contract.
Installing the PXT-VSA Communicator software application
After downloading the software from http://www.agilent.com/find/softwaremanager to the PC for which you
have the Agilent 89600 VSA software running, follow the step-by-step installation instructions displayed after
double-clicking the PXTVSA Setup < version ≥ 1.0 >.exe file. The files associated with the installation,
including the Help and Readme files are then, by default, located here: