Connecting To External Instruments - Keysight Technologies N1091 CA Series Getting Started

1 Introduction

Connecting to External Instruments

Most of the measurements in the N1091..CA Series IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Test Application use
an N1000A or 86100D DCA-X or a supported DCA-M (N1092C/E, N1094A, N1094B) sampling
oscilloscope. However, for return loss compliance tests, a network analyzer is required.
The current version of the N1091..CA Series IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Test Application requires
Socket connections for ENAs as well as PNAs.
Note that the Keysight I/O Library Suite must be installed before you proceed with connecting to the
network analyzer. The user interface for Keysight Connection Expert 2017 (Version 18.0) and higher
is slightly different from its previous versions, such as Version 17.2 or earlier.
Connection using Keysight Connection Expert v17.2 (or earlier)
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Locate and record the ENA/PNA instrument's Hostname (Full Computer Name). Refer to the
respective network analyzer's documentation for locating this information.
From the Windows Start menu, click All Programs>Keysight Connection Expert to launch Connection
Expert. Refer to Keysight IO Libraries Suite
Connection Expert.
Launching the Keysight Connection Expert
In Keysight Connection Expert, click the Manual Configuration tab.
for information on how to install the Keysight
IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Test Application Getting Started