Installation guide

Setting Up a System with Expander Frames Setting Up ParBERT
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Connecting Mainframes with VXI Bus
Extenders
NOTE This section does not apply to standard configurations (mainframes with
Agilent E8491B IEEE 1394 PC to VXI module). You only have to do the
work described here if your mainframes have VXI bus extender modules.
Agilent E1482B bus extenders This option includes two sets of MXI and INTX cables. The mainframes
get connected with these cables as follows:
1 The first set of cables connects the master mainframe to the expander
frame 1.
2 The second set of cables connects expander frame 1 to expander
frame 2 (the second set of cables piggybacks the first set of cables at
expander frame 1).
These connections are shown in Figure 21.
Figure 21 Connections for Agilent E1482B Bus Extenders
Cable set 1
(master to
expander 1)
Cable set 2
(expander 1 to
expander 2)