Specifications

1.0 Introduction
This product note provides a step-by-step guide to sys-
tem administration, software installation, and
COM/DCOM setup on a PNA Series network analyzer
(E8356A, E8357A, and E8358A). After reading this
product note, you will be able to:
1) Add user profiles to your network analyzer
2) Share drives between your network analyzer and
PC running Windows
®
95, 98, NT 4.0 or higher
3) Load software on your network analyzer over the
LAN or from an external CD drive
4) Configure your network analyzer and PC for
COM/DCOM communications
Additionally, this product note provides a simple pro-
gramming example in seven common languages
(Microsoft
®
Visual Basic, Visual Basic Script, Word, and
Excel, Agilent VEE, Visual C++, and National
Instruments
™
LabVIEW) that demonstrate the differ-
ences between development platforms.
The procedures listed in this product note are valid for a
PC with Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 or higher operating sys-
tems. This product note was developed on a PC with
Windows NT version 4.0 with service pack 5. The PNA
Series network analyzer’s operating system was Windows
2000 Professional. However, the steps will be similar for
Windows 95 and 98.
2.0 Basic Administration
To obtain access to the PNA Series network analyzer for
COM/DCOM, a user must be registered on the network
analyzer. (NOTE: This is the same procedure a system
administrator must use to grant multiple users permis-
sion to log on to the network analyzer and maintain their
user profile.)
This section also contains the steps to share drives
between the network analyzer and a PC. Any drive can
be shared between the network analyzer and PC includ-
ing a CD drive for software installation over the LAN
(described in further detail in step 3.1). To enable
COM/DCOM communications to and from the PC and
network analyzer, share the network analyzer’s C drive
with your PC.
2.1 A system administrator grants log on
access to the PNA Series network
analyzer for specific users:
From the PNA Series network analyzer:
1) The system administrator must log on to the PNA
Series analyzer using the administrator username
and password.
2) Once logged on to the network analyzer, right-click
on My Computer. Clicking on Manage will launch
the Computer Management utility.
3) In the Computer Management window, expand
Local Users and Groups. Left-click on Users.
The list of Users will appear in the right half of the
window. Right-click on Users, and click on New
User in the pop-up menu. This launches the New
User window.
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