Technical data

504 Agilent N8201A Performance Downconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 26.5 GHz
24 System
two presses to select the function. Upon the second press, the instrument displays the
following message: “Please Confirm Erase Operation. Press Yes to
reformat C: and erase all saved states and traces. Press No
to cancel the operation.”
Key Path: System, Security
Dependencies/Couplings: Requires Option 117 to be installed and licensed.
Remote Command:
:SYSTem:SECurity:IMMediate
Remote Command Notes:
This command blocks the parser until the command is completed.
Example:
SYST:SEC:IMM
Security
This key controls whether the instrument is currently in its secure mode or not. When
Security is On, the instrument cannot write to any location on the main Flash memory.
When Security is Off, the main Flash memory can be written to. When Security is in the
Enabled mode, the instrument is configured to turn on the security mode upon the next
power-on cycle.
If you ordered Option 117, the Secure Memory Erase option was loaded into the memory of
your instrument and licensed at the factory but not enabled.
DO NOT enable Option 117 until you have fully configured your instrument (set the System,
Config I/O settings as needed, added or removed options and licenses, and configured the
power-up state you desire).
After the security mode is enabled, the main Flash memory becomes read-only, rather than
read/write memory. This makes it impossible to add or remove personalities or their license
keys, or otherwise change the instrument’s configuration, unless you do a firmware
upgrade or the System, Security, Secure Erase All procedure. This procedure will render the
instrument inoperable. You will then need to run the upgrade procedure (on the Agilent Web
site) to reinstall the firmware and completely reconfigure your instrument. After reinstalling
the firmware, Security will be disabled. Refer to “Managing Security" on page 506 in this
chapter.
When you are totally satisfied with the configuration of your N8201A, enable the Secure
Memory Erase option by pressing System, Security, Security Enabled. The security mode
will then be enabled the next time the N8201A’s power is cycled.
Key Path: System, Security, Security