Specifications

C) Configure the PNA Series network analyzer to
provide COM/DCOM access to the PNA applica-
tion for a registered user on the network analyzer.
If you are not a registered user yet, complete step A)
and B) and then return to this step.
From your PNA Series Network Analyzer:
1) Click Start/Run, type dcomcnfg into the input box,
and click OK.
2) Click on Agilent PNA Series in the Applications list,
then click the Properties button.
3) In the Agilent PNA Series Properties window:
• Click the Location tab. Make sure the Run
application on this computer checkbox is
checked.
• Click the Security tab. Click the Use custom
access permissions and Use custom launch
permissions radio buttons.
• Click the Edit... button next to Use custom
access permissions.
4) In the Registry Value Permissions window:
• Click the Add... Button.
5) In the Add Users and Groups window:
• Click Show Users, scroll down and select the user,
then click the Add button.
• Click OK to close the Add Users and Groups
window. Click OK to close the Registry Value
Permissions window.
6) In the Agilent PNA Series Properties window:
• Click the Identity tab. Ensure The interactive user
radio button is selected. Click the OK button.
7) Click the OK button to close the Distributed COM
Configuration Properties window.
From your PC:
1. Using your PC's Windows Explorer, find the
analyzer’s mapped local hard drive (which you found
in step B-15).
2. Click Program Files/Agilent/Network Analyzer/
Automation folder.
3. Double click Automation.vbs and follow the
instructions.
4. A Network Analyzer Setup icon is now setup on
your PC desktop.
Note: Your PC’s operating system may require a Visual
Basic Scripting engine to run the .vbs file. To download a
free copy of a Visual Basic Scripting engine, visit
Microsoft’s
®
web site:
Problems?
When the network analyzer application is installed on
the instrument, the application and all the objects it
serves are registered on that machine. The instrument is
ready to perform as a remote server.
If the analyzer is not working properly, try re-registering
the application and associated libraries through the fol-
lowing steps:
NOTE: The following must be done in the listed order
From your PNA network analyzer:
Find 835x.exe in C:\Program Files\Agilent\Network
Analyzer
1. Select and right-click 835x.exe
2. Select Register COM Server to register the applica-
tion.
3. Select and right-click 835xps.DLL
4. Select Register COM Server
DCOM settings
5. Click Start
6. Select RUN and type dcomcnfg
7. From the application list, find and select 835X
8. Click Properties
9. Select the Identity tab.
10. Select INTERACTIVE USER
11. Select the Security tab
12. Set permissions and access to CUSTOM
13. Edit the lists to specify the remote user
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