Repairing And Recovering Option Data; Recovery Of Data After Repair; Recovery Of Data If Option Or Model Numbers Are Incorrect - Agilent Technologies E8362B Service Manual

PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
E8362B, E8363B, E8364B

Repairing and Recovering Option Data

License, option, and model number data are stored in an EPROM on the A10 frequency
reference board and written into the gen.lic file on the hard disk drive. If the data stored
in either of these items is lost, it can be recovered from the other item.
If the data on both the hard disk drive and the frequency reference board is lost, it can not
be recovered. Contact Agilent for assistance. Refer to

Recovery of Data After Repair

• If the A10 frequency reference board is replaced, use the
that has been lost as a result of the repair:
1. Select from the
Repair
2. Click the
Freq Ref board has been replaced
3. Click
Begin Repair
• If the hard disk drive is replaced, a new gen.lic file is automatically created when the
application starts, by retrieving the data from the EPROM.
Network Analyzer

Recovery of Data if Option or Model Numbers are Incorrect

If the analyzer option or model numbers are not listed correctly on the analyzer display, in
either the Option Enable Dialog Box or the About Network Analyzer display, you should
regenerate the options license file, gen.lic:
1. Exit the
Network Analyzer
2. Remove (or rename) the existing gen.lic file:
a. Open
Windows Explorer
Analyzer.
b. Delete (or rename) gen.lic.
3. Exit the
Windows Explorer
4. Open the
Network Analyzer
file when it starts.
5. Check the option listing:
a. On the
System
b. On the menu, click
Help
6. If the options are still not listed correctly, contact Agilent for assistance. Refer to
"Contacting Agilent" on page
Service Guide E8364-90026
Option Enable
. The data is written from the gen.lic file into the EPROM.
application.
and navigate to C:\Program Files\Agilent\Network
application.
application. The application will generate a new gen.lic
menu, point to
Service
About Network Analyzer
2-10.
Repairing and Recovering Option Data
"Contacting Agilent" on page
Repair
menu bar (see Figure
check box.
, and then click
Option Enable
.
Option Enable Utility
2-10.
selection to recover data
B-1).
, or
B- 5