Peer To Peer Messaging; Mxa Instrument Events; Outputting Lan Events - Agilent Technologies X Series Programmer's Manual

Peer to Peer Messaging

MXA Instrument Events

The MXA and MXG are both capable of sending and receiving LXI
specific LAN packets. The packets are configurable, and may be sent
when various instrument events occur during a measurement or state
recall. Each instrument event has an associated sense of 0 or 1 to
indicate whether or not the event is active. The instrument events that
can cause an MXA to send an LXI LAN packet are summarized in the
table below.
As of this product firmware release in June 2008, LXI Class B
NOTE
Compliance Tests, using the new IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time
Protocol (PTP), were not available. This product provides the features of
an LXI Class B instrument by adding LAN Triggering and Time
Synchronization to its LXI Class C compliance. References to LXI Class
B in the document and in the instrument menus and web pages do not
imply LXI Class B compliance. This product will apply for LXI Class B
Compliance when the LXI Consortium has approved its specification
changes and can provide certified testing.
Instrument Event
OperationComplete
WaitingForTrigger
Sweeping
Measuring
Recalling

Outputting LAN Events

The MXA can be configured to send LXI Output LAN Events using
either the front panel or SCPI by following the procedures below.
Chapter 3
Description
Indicates whether or not a measurement operation is underway. For
example, a single sweep with averaging turned off will have
OperationComplete=1 before the sweep, OperationComplete=0
during the sweep, and OperationComplete=1 after the sweep. If
averaging is turned on, however, OperationComplete will remain low
until the number of sweeps required for the full average have been
executed.
Indicates whether or not the instrument is waiting for a trigger
event before a measurement begins. WaitingForTrigger will
transition high before every sweep and will return low after the
trigger occurs.
Indicates whether or not the instrument is actively sweeping the LO.
Indicates whether or not the instrument is actively measuring its
input signal.
Indicates whether or not the instrument is recalling a state.
Measurement Synchronization with LXI-B
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