HP 8568

[James F. Mayer]

How do I get an HP 8568 spectrum analyzer to reply to an HPIB command in
VB4? What command do I use? I am using an NI GPIB/TNT card.

 

[Keyser Soze]

"James F. Mayer" <jfma@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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How do I get an HP 8568 spectrum analyzer to reply to an HPIB command in
VB4? What command do I use? I am using an NI GPIB/TNT card.

8568A Spectrum Analyzer Remote Operation manual, P/N 08568-90003 does not
seem to be available on the Agilent web site but this is a close relative:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08566-90040.pdf

There are performance and verification programs in this manual:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08568-90011.pdf

The front panel operation manual is here:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08568-90002.pdf

This document list most of the 8568 commands and their equivalents for the
E4440 series analyzer:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/E4440-90139.pdf


And you may need the IO Libraries Suite to the VISA support DLLs:

http://adn.tm.agilent.com/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=26

(total time to find this in the Agilent web site: 46 minutes)

(google was not much help)

 

[James F. Mayer]

"Keyser Soze" <noreturn@nothere.com> wrote in message
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"James F. Mayer" <jfma@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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How do I get an HP 8568 spectrum analyzer to reply to an HPIB command
in
VB4? What command do I use? I am using an NI GPIB/TNT card.



8568A Spectrum Analyzer Remote Operation manual, P/N 08568-90003 does not
seem to be available on the Agilent web site but this is a close relative:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08566-90040.pdf

There are performance and verification programs in this manual:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08568-90011.pdf

The front panel operation manual is here:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08568-90002.pdf

This document list most of the 8568 commands and their equivalents for the
E4440 series analyzer:

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/E4440-90139.pdf


And you may need the IO Libraries Suite to the VISA support DLLs:

http://adn.tm.agilent.com/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=26

(total time to find this in the Agilent web site: 46 minutes)

(google was not much help)

I printed out your post and will look into those documents.

Thanks