*********************** **** Read Me First **** *********************** Version: 3.1.0.0 June 2015 Introducing the AgXSAn IVI Driver for the Keysight X series analyzers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This instrument driver provides access to the functionality of the Spectrum Analyzer(Common functionalities and SA personality specifics) through a COM server or ANSI C API which also complieswith 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(32 bit only) and others. Supported Instruments --------------------- N9000A N9010A N9020A N9030A N9038A M9290A N9040B M9420A 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 XP Windows Vista 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 8 32-bit, 64-bit Shared Components Before this driver can be installed, your computer must already have: IVI Shared Components Version: 2.2.1 or newer installed VISA Shared Components Version 1.6 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" in Win XP or "Programs and Features" in Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. The IVI Shared Components may also be uninstalled like any other software from the Control Panel using "Add or Remove Programs" in Win XP and "Program & Features" in Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. 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 IVI Drivers, AgXSAn 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 IAgXSAn[n] interface rather than the IAgXSAn interface. The IAgXSAn[n]. property will return a pointer to the new IAgXSAn[n] interface. The IAgXSAn[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 ------- ----------- ----- 3.1.0.0 JUN 2015 M9420A model support added. 3.0.0.0 April 2015 Tracking Generator support added to N9000A and M9290A models. 2.2.1.0 Nov 2014 Rebranded Keysight Technologies, added support of UXA (N9040B) and CXI (M9290A). 2.1.4.0 April 2014 Customer issue fixed, Change the implementation of the IAgXSAnCalibration.Calibrate method to increase the timeout of :CALibration[:ALL] SCPI. 2.1.3.0 Dec 2013 Customer issue, related to Application crash when calling init function (IVI-COM or IVI-C) if you use an address where there is no instrument available (instrument is turned off or LAN cable is disconnected). 2.1.2.0 June 2013 Defect fixes and system interface revised for adding ClearIO, ReadByte(),WriteByte(),ReadString(),WriteString() methods. 2.0.0.0 May 2011 Applied updated policy. No functionality change. 1.0.5.0 May 2011 Initial public release. IVI Compliance -------------- IVI-COM/IVI-C IviSpecAn Compliant Instrument Specific Driver IVI Generation: IVI-2014 IVI Instrument Class: IviSpecAn IviSpecAn: IVI-4.8 Revision: 2.0 Group Capabilities Supported: IviSpecAnBase Yes IviSpecAnMultitrace Yes IviSpecAnMarker Yes IviSpecAnTrigger Yes IviSpecAnExternalTrigger Yes IviSpecAnSoftwareTrigger Yes IviSpecAnVideoTrigger Yes IviSpecAnDisplay Yes IviSpecAnMarkerType Yes IviSpecAnDeltaMarker Yes IviSpecAnExternalMixer Yes IviSpecAnPreselector Yes Optional Features: Interchangeability Checking No State Caching No Coercion Recording No Driver Identification: Vendor: Keysight Technologies Description: IVI Driver for Keysight X series analyzers Revision: 3.1 Component Identifier: AgXSAn.AgXSAn Hardware Information: Instrument Manufacturer: Keysight Technologies Supported Instrument Models: N9000A, N9010A, N9020A, N9030A, N9038A, M9290A, N9040B, M9420A Supported Bus Interfaces: TCPIP, GPIB, USB 32-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8 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 Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit Support Software Required: VISA-COM Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver via custom installation option. Special Architectural Information ------------------------------------- The AgXSAn driver has two primary parts: Host part: Consists of interfaces like the IAgXSAnSystem, IAgXSAnStatus etc., which function the same across different analyzer applications like the WCDMA, LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD etc. Exercising a method/property from the host part will not cause any change to the users' current analyzer application selection. SA application part: All interfaces in this part are scripted as IAgXSAnSA and appear as child interfaces to the IAgXSAnSA interface in the driver hierarchy. This part consists of interfaces like the IAgXSAnSAACP, IAgXSAnSABurstPower etc., which function specifically in the SA mode/application of the analyzer and do not work correctly for other analyzer applications/modes. Exercising a method/property from the SA application part will cause the analyzer to automatically switch mode to the SA application before the intended operation is performed. Unit Testing ------------ Test Setup Instrument: Instrument Models (FW Revision): M9420A (M.16.25_P0005) 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 16.3) IVI Shared Components Version: 2.2.1 Test Setup Simulation: Instrument Models: (FW Rev N/A) M9420A, N9020A 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: 2.2.1 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 2011-2015