7: Collecting And Viewing Data Remotely - Symmetricom 5120A Operation And Maintenance Manual

7: Collecting and Viewing Data Remotely

The PNTS can be controlled remotely using an Ethernet connection. Data can also be downloaded
over the Ethernet connection.
Two types of connections are accepted:
Data port connections
Command port connections
The data port continually publishes phase difference measurements in cycles while the test set is in
the Collecting state. See
Command port connections are used to remotely control the test set to:
Take or yield remote control of the test set (see
Start and stop collecting data (see
Retrieve or print any other data set including:
•
(f) Phase Noise
•
Allan Deviation
•
One Second Phase Difference
•
One Second Frequency Difference
•
Frequency Counter Data
•
See
the Command Port"
Configure Data Sets
•
Pause and resume updates to phase and frequency difference (see
removing the linear trend (see
•
Set the Time Constant (see
•
Set Allan deviation τ
•
Configure the frequency counter's reference frequency (see
Retrieve status information including: (see
•
The input and reference signals' frequency and power.
•
The current collecting state.
Set the User Specified Title (see
Retrieve version information (see
Calibrate internal reference oscillators of a 5120A-01 (see
5120A/5115A Operations and Maintenance Manual
"7.3 The Network Data Port"
"7.2.3 Retrieving Data from Command Port"
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