Installation guide

Getting Started ParBERT Overview
20 Agilent 81250 ParBERT Installation Guide, February 2002
The ParBERT Tutorial CD is delivered with the system. You can use
this CD to learn the basic steps of using ParBERT.
If you have ordered a system with the E8491B IEEE 1394 PC link to VXI,
the Agilent Technologies Universal Instrument Drivers CD is
additionally delivered. It contains the Agilent I/O libraries. The I/O
libraries provide the drivers for the I/O interfaces.
Not Recommended Combinations
Operating ParBERT via GPIB interface An embedded controller can be operated remotely through its built-in
GPIB interface. This, however, is not recommended.
As the embedded controller has also a LAN interface, the preferred
method for remote operation is via the LAN. LAN access has the
following advantages:
• The graphical user interface can be run on the remote PC.
• Plug and play drivers are available.
• The ParBERT Measurement Software can be run on the remote PC.
Not supported configurations The following configurations are not supported:
• E1406A GPIB Command Module as controller
• E4849C (opt. #11) three-slot embedded controller
• E4840A three-slot VXI mainframes
• VXI mainframes with the E1482B VXI bus extender modules, when the
external PC is connected with a National Instruments (NI) MXI card
• External PCs, where both the Agilent IEEE 1394 PC link to VXI card
and the NI GPIB card are installed