M9000 Resource Manager; Supported Vsa Hardware; M9391A And M9393A Ivi Drivers - Agilent Technologies X Series Startup Manual

measurement applications use a SCPI programming API and offers code compatibility with benchtop
analyzers.
You can launch the M90XA Software from the Start menu as described in
section. Once launched, make measurements in either of the following ways:
Interactively by using the M90XA GUI
Programmatically by using the SCPI commands

M9000 Resource Manager

The M9000 Resource Manager allows hardware driver session to be shared by multiple applications running
in the same process without having to close and reopen a hardware driver session. The supported
applications include the M90XA Software, 89600 VSA, and customer code. This capability enables high
speed operations including Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (ACPR) measurement and power servo routines.
In addition, it allows to use the M90XA Software for measurements that are not available in the driver such
as Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) and Spectral Emission Mask (SEM).
The M9000 Resource Manager provides arbitration between multiple users based on a co-operative sharing
model. Each time an X-Series Measurement Application needs to access the hardware driver session, it
sends the resource manager a checkout request, uses the hardware, then immediately checks it back into
the resource manager. Similarly, when you want to use the hardware driver session you must first check it
out from the resource manager. For information related to how the 89600 VSA accesses the hardware
driver session, refer to the
To programmatically access the hardware driver session refer to the
section.
The M9000 Resource Manager has:
a .NET API
an unmanaged C API

Supported VSA Hardware

The supported VSA hardware for M90XA software is M9391A PXIe Vector Signal Analyzer and M9393A PXIe
Performance Vector Signal Analyzer. For more details on M9391A and M9393A, refer to
http://www.agilent.com/find/M9391A

M9391A and M9393A IVI Drivers

The M90XA Software connects to VSA hardware through the M9391A or M9393A IVI driver (IVI-COM or
IVI-C), which is shipped with the VSA hardware. These drivers can also be download from the links below:
9
X-Series Measurement Applications for Modular Instruments Startup Guide
89600 VSA: Running In-Process and Sharing Hardware Driver Sessions
and http://www.agilent.com/find/M9393A
Launching M90XA Software
Programming with M90XA Software
, respectively.
section.