*********************** **** Read Me First **** *********************** Version: 1.7.0.0 October 2020 Introducing the AgilentRfSigGen IVI Driver for the Keysight RF Signal Generator --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This instrument driver provides access to the functionality of the RF Signal Gernerators (ESG, MXG and PSG) through a COM server or ANSI C API which also complies with the IVI specifications. This driver works in any development environment which supports COM or C programming including Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft .NET, Keysight VEE Pro, National Instruments LabView, LabWindows CVI, MATLAB and others. Supported Instruments --------------------- E4428C, E4438C,N5181A, N5182A, N5183A, N5171B, N5181B, N5172B, N5182B, N5182N, N5173B, N5183B E8241A, E8244A, E8251A, E8254A, E8247C, E8257C, E8267C, E8257D, E8267D, E8257N, E8663B, E8663D, N5166B Installation ------------- System Requirements: The driver installation will check for the following requirements. If not found, the installer will either abort, warn, or install the required component as appropriate. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 8 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 10 32-bit, 64-bit Shared Components Before this driver can be installed, your computer must already have: IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 or newer installed The IVI Shared Components installers are available from: http://www.ivifoundation.org/shared_components/Default.aspx VISA-COM Any compliant implementation is acceptable. Typically, VISA-COM is installed with VISA and other I/O library modules. The latest version of Keysight's IO Libraries is recommended and includes VISA-COM. You can download the latest version from: http://www.keysight.com/find/iosuite Uninstall --------- This driver can be uninstalled like any other software from the Control Panel using "Add or Remove Programs" or "Programs and Features" dialog. The IVI Shared Components may also be uninstalled like any other software from the Control Panel using the "Add or Remove Programs" or "Program & Features" dialog. Note: All IVI-COM/C drivers require the IVI Shared Components to function. To completely remove IVI components from your computer, uninstall all drivers and then uninstall the IVI Shared Components. Source Code ----------- Driver source code is available by enabling the "Source Code" option in the "Custom Setup" dialog when installing the driver. This code is provided as is for informational purposes only. Modification of this code is not supported. Code is a Visual Studio 2010 C++ project and may be updated to new versions of Visual Studio. Caution: Once you have installed version 2.x of the IVI Shared Components, you will not be able to build IVI drivers and applications developed with earlier versions. You will need to upgrade those drivers/applications to the new IVI Shared Components and to build on Visual Studio 2010 or higher or you will need to build those drivers/applications on a different machine that does not have version 2.x of the IVI Shared Components. Start Menu Help File -------------------- A shortcut to the driver help file is added to the Start Menu, All Programs, Keysight Instrument Drivers, IVI-COM-C Drivers, KtIviComDrvr group. It contains "Getting Started" information on using the driver in a variety of programming environments as well as documentation on IVI and instrument specific methods and properties. You will also see shortcuts to the Readme and Introduction files and programming examples for this driver. Additional Setup ---------------- .NET Framework The .NET Framework itself is not required by this driver. If you plan to use the driver with .NET, the minimal .NET framework version is: 2.0 The .NET Framework requires an interop assembly for a COM server. A Primary Interop Assembly, along with an XML file for IntelliSense is installed with the driver. The driver's PIA along with IVI PIAs are installed by default in: drive:\\IVI Foundation\IVI\Bin\Primary Interop Assemblies The PIA is also installed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) if you have the .NET framework installed. Using a New Version of the Driver --------------------------------- New versions of this Keysight IVI-COM/C driver may have a new ProgId. If you use the version dependent ProgId in CoCreateInstance, you will need to modify and recompile your code to use the new ProgID once you upgrade to the next version of the driver. Doing a side-by-side installation of the driver to use multiple versions of the driver is not supported. If you need to go back to an older version of the driver, you need to uninstall the later version and install the older version. If you use the version independent ProgId in CoCreateInstance, you will not need to modify and recompile your code. The new version of the driver has been tested to be backwards compatible with previous versions. To access the new functionality in a new version of the driver you will need to use the latest numbered IAgilentRfSigGen[n] interface rather than the IAgilentRfSigGen interface. The IAgilentRfSigGen[n]. property will return a pointer to the new IAgilentRfSigGen[n] interface. The IAgilentRfSigGen[n] interface contains the methods and properties for the new functionality and inherits all prior interface functionality. The new interfaces were introduced rather than modifying the existing interfaces for backwards compatibility. The interfaces that were previously shipped have not been changed. Pre-existing .NET client applications must be re-build before using the new version of the driver. Revision History ---------------- Version Date Notes ------- -------- ----- 1.7.0.0 October 2020 Defect fix 1.6.6.0 October 2019 Added N5182N model support. 1.6.5.0 July 2019 QA Defect Fix 1.6.4.0 April 2019 Added N5166B model support. 1.6.3.0 Feb 2018 Defect fix 1.6.2.0 Feb 2017 Defect fix 1.6.0.0 Dec 2015 Added E8663D model support. 1.5.0.0 Jan 2015 Updated help file, added IVI-2014 Compliance, Rebranded Keysight Technologies 1.4.10.0 Jun, 2014 Defect fixes 1.4.9.0 Jan, 2014 Added N5173B and N5183B model support 1.4.8.0 Sept,2013 Added support for Digital system 1.4.6.0 Feb, 2013 Added few SCPIs releated to Digital Modulation Correction. 1.4.5.0 June, 2012 Defect fixes, MATLAB driver wrapper and 64bit installer 1.3.3.0 October,2008 Final Release - After Defect Fixes 1.3.2.0 August,2008 QA Release - Fixed reported issues 1.3.1.0 June,2008 QA Release 1.3.0.0 June,2008 Added LXI-B Support. 1.2.8.0 May,2008 Enhancements/ Bug fixes for N8212A instruement. 1.2.7.0 April 2008 Add IVI-C support, internal simulation, updated help file. 1.1.4.36 Aug 2006 Added support for N5181A and N51822A. Sweep list name selection fix. 1.1.4.33 Mar 2006 Added support for E4428C, E8663B, N8211A and N8212A. 1.1.4.18B May 2005 Changed floating point format of all generated SCPI commands to accomodate smaller values (1e-7 or less). 1.1.4.15 Sep 2004 Updated to support E8257D and E8267D.Added simulation. Added extensive examples. Improved Help. Fixed problems in analog modulation, sweep and arb. Fixed computation of number of points from step size in FrequencyStep and PowerStep. 1.1.3.6 Aug 2003 Fixed config store problem, list sweep problems, pulse trigger problems, improved arb upload memory usage, fixed analogmodulation. 1.1.2.0 Mar 2003 Added analog sweep support for PSG models, E8247C, E8257C, E8267C. 1.0.0.6 Nov 2002 First customer release IVI Compliance -------------- IVI-COM/IVI-C IviRFSigGen Specific Instrument Driver IVI Generation: IVI-2014 IVI Instrument Class: IviRFSigGen IviRFSigGen Spec: IVI-4.10 Revision: 2.0 Group Capabilities Supported: IviRFSigGenBase Yes IviRFSigGenModulateAM Yes IviRFSigGenModulateFM Yes IviRFSigGenModulatePM Yes IviRFSigGenAnalogModulationSource Yes IviRFSigGenModulatePulse Yes IviRFSigGenLFGenerator Yes IviRFSigGenLFGeneratorOutput Yes IviRFSigGenPulseGenerator Yes IviRFSigGenPulseDoubleGenerator Yes IviRFSigGenPulseGeneratorOutput Yes IviRFSigGenSweep Yes IviRFSigGenFrequencySweep Yes IviRFSigGenPowerSweep Yes IviRFSigGenFrequencyStep Yes IviRFSigGenPowerStep Yes IviRFSigGenList Yes IviRFSigGenALC Yes IviRFSigGenReferenceOscillator Yes IviRFSigGenSoftwareTrigger Yes IviRFSigGenModulateIQ Yes IviRFSigGenIQImpairment Yes IviRFSigGenArbGenerator No IviRFSigGenDigitalModulationBase Yes IviRFSigGenCDMABase Yes IviRFSigGenTDMABase Yes Optional Features: Interchangeability Checking No State Caching No Coercion Recording No Driver Identification: Vendor: Keysight Technologies Description: AgilentRfSigGen Arbitrary RF Signal Generator Revision: 1.7.0.0 Component Identifier: AgilentRfSigGen.AgilentRfSigGen Hardware Information: Instrument Manufacturer: Keysight Technologies Supported Instrument Models: E4428C, E4438C,N5181A, N5182A, N5183A, N5171B, N5181B, N5172B, N5182B, N5182N, N5173B, N5183B, E8241A, E8244A, E8251A, E8254A, E8247C, E8257C, E8267C, E8257D, E8267D, E8257N, E8663B, E8663D, N5166B Supported Bus Interfaces: TCPIP, GPIB, USB 32-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Windows 10 32-bit Unsupported Operating System: Windows 2000 Support Software Required: VISA-COM Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver via custom installation option. 64-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit Support Software Required: VISA-COM Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver via custom installation option. Unit Testing ------------ Test Setup Instrument: Instrument Models (FW Revision): N5182N Bus Interface: TCPIP Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 10 OS Bitness/Application Bitness: 64-bit/32-bit VISA Vendor and Version: Keysight VISA-COM (IO Libraries 18.1) IVI Shared Components Version: 2.6.1 Instrument Models (FW Revision): N5182B (B.99.99.490) Bus Interface: TCPIP Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 7 (SP1) OS Bitness/Application Bitness: 64-bit/32-bit VISA Vendor and Version: Keysight VISA-COM (IO Libraries 18.0) IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 Test Setup Simulation: Instrument Models: (FW Rev N/A) N5182B Bus Interface: N/A Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 7 (SP1) OS Bitness/Application Bitness: 64-bit/32-bit, 64-bit/64-bit VISA Vendor and Version: N/A IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 Driver Installation Testing: Operating System (Service Pack): WindowsXP (SP3), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8 OS Bitness: 32-bit, 64-bit Driver Buildability: Operating System (Service Pack): WindowsXP (SP3), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8 OS Bitness: 32-bit, 64-bit Visual Studio Version: VS2010 Driver Test Failures - Known Issues: None - This driver does not have any known defects. Keysight Technologies has evaluated and tested this driver to verify that it meets all applicable requirements of the IVI specifications at the time this compliance document was submitted to the IVI Foundation and agrees to abide by the dispute arbitration provisions in Section 7 of IVI-1.2: Operating Procedures, if the IVI Foundation finds this driver to be non-conformant. More Information ---------------- For more information about this driver and other instrument drivers and software available from Keysight Technologies visit: http://www.keysight.com/find/drivers A list of contact information is available from: http://www.keysight.com/find/contactus Microsoft, Windows, MS Windows, and Windows NT are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Copyright Keysight Technologies 2002-2020