Installation guide

Agilent Technologies E5500B Installation Guide 1-3
Welcome to the E5500B Phase Noise Measurement System Series of
Solutions
Introduction
This installation guide will take you though the process of installing both the
hardware (if you did not order a preconfigured system from Agilent
Technologies) and the E5500 Phase Noise Software. A confidence test is
also included as the last step in the installation procedure.
Table 1 Installation Steps
If you ordered a preconfigured system, do these
steps:
If you ordered an Option 1FF (delete computer), do
these steps:
Skip “System Requirements” on page 1-4 Read “System Requirements” on page 1-4
“Step 1. Unpacking Your System” on page 1-5 “Step 1. Unpacking Your System” on page 1-5
Skip Steps 2 to 8 “Step 2. Installing the Hardware” on page 1-6
“Step 3. Installing the I/O Libraries” on page 1-16
“Step 4. Installing the PC-Digitizer Software” on page 1-19
“Step 5. Installing the Windows NT 4.0
“
Service Pack” on
page 1-20
“Step 6. Installing the Measurement Software” on page 1-22
“Step 7. Using the Asset Manager to Configure your System”
on page 1-23
“Step 8. Entering the License Key for the Phase Noise Test
Set” on page 1-33
“Step 9. Starting the Measurement Software” on page
1-36
“Step 9. Starting the Measurement Software” on page 1-36
“Step 10. Using Server Hardware Connections to Specify
Assets for the Confidence Test” on page 1-37
“Step 10. Using Server Hardware Connections to Specify
Assets for the Confidence Test” on page 1-37
“Step 11. Running the Software Confidence Test” on page
1-39
“Step 11. Running the Software Confidence Test” on page
1-39