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Agilent E7501A Getting Started

Installation and Configuration

Hardware and Software Requirements

• Pentium

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microprocessor (400 MHz or higher recommended)

• Windows NT 4.0

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with Service Pack 5 or higher

• Minimum of 128 MB of RAM or higher

• Minimum of 1 GB hard disk space or higher

• CD-ROM drive

• Agilent E8403A C-size VXI mainframe or equivalent with five or six

empty slots (the number of slots is dependent on the Slot 0 module used)

• One of the following Slot 0 modules:

Agilent E8491B IEEE-1394 PC Link to VXI - Using a PCI to

IEEE-1394 Interface

Agilent I/O Libraries Version J.01.02 or higher (which contains

Agilent Technologies VISA)

Agilent 9850A VXI Embedded PC Controller or equivalent

Agilent I/O Libraries Version J.01.02 or higher (which contains

Agilent Technologies VISA)

Agilent External CD-ROM drive and its interface cable

NI VXI-MXI-2 - Using a PCI-MXI-2 Interface

National Instruments VISA I/O Library Version 2.0 or higher

NOTE

Agilent E7501A arbitrary analog signal developer is not compatible with

National Instruments MXI-1 or GPIB interfaces, or an Agilent 82341A

GPIB interface card or its equivalent.