Configuration Translation Between Hp Logic Analyzers - HP 1660CP Series User Manual

Configuration Translation Between HP Logic
Analyzers
Analyzer configuration files cannot be transferred directly from one
type of analyzer to another because each analyzer has internal
architectural differences, reflected in the number of pods, clock
configurations, trigger sequence features, analyzer resources, and so
on. To help you move configuration files from one analyzer to another,
most HP logic analyzers support automatic translation of analyzer
configurations. The HP 1660CP-series logic analyzer can translate
configuration files from the following common analyzer models:
•
HP 16510
•
HP 16511
•
HP 16540
If you save an analyzer configuration from one model of analyzer, then
load that configuration into a model that supports configuration
translation and was released after the original analyzer, the translator
will adjust the configuration as required to account for differences
between the models.
The configuration translator needs to account for many aspects of the
analyzer architecture. Some of the considerations are as follows:
•
When a range term is split across multiple pods, the term must span
adjacent odd/even pairs, starting with 1. Thus, terms could span
pods 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, or 7 and 8, but not 2 and 3. Again,
the translator may display messages asking you to reconnect cables
in a different configuration.
•
When loading a configuration into an analyzer with fewer pods than
the one on which the configuration was saved, the translator must
remove pod assignments. Which pods are removed from the
configuration will depend on the widths of each pod in the original
analyzer and new analyzer.
•
HP 16541
•
HP 16550
•
HP 1660A
10-19