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1 Power Meter Remote Operation
6 N1911A/1912A P-Series Power Meters Programming Guide
Configuring the Remote Interface
This section briefly describes how to configure the GPIB, LAN and USB
remote interfaces.
Interface Selection
You can choose to control the power meter remotely using the GPIB, LAN
or USB interfaces.
For information on selecting and configuring the remote interface
manually from the front panel, refer to the P- Series Power Meters
Installation Guide.
GPIB Address
Each device on the GPIB (IEEE- 488) interface must have a unique
address. You can set the power meter’s address to any value between 0
and 30. The power meter is shipped with a default address set to 13. The
GPIB address is stored in non- volatile memory, and does not change when
the power meter is switched off, or after a remote interface reset.
Your GPIB bus controller has its own address. Avoid using the bus
controller’s address for any instrument on the interface bus. Agilent
Technologies controllers generally use address 21.
NOTE
For more information on configuring the remote interface connectivity, refer to the Agilent
Technologies USB/LAN/GPIB Interfaces Connectivity Guide. If you have installed the IO
Libraries Suite, you can access the Connectivity Guide via the Agilent IO Libraries Control
icon. Alternatively, you can access the Connectivity Guide via the Web at
www.agilent.com/find/connectivity.
NOTE
It is expected that most users will use the front panel keys to set up the remote interfaces.
The remote interface commands are provided for completeness (for the front panel
operation).