Getting Started; System Requirements - Keysight Technologies N778 B Series Getting Started Manual

Getting Started

System Requirements

Keysight N778xB Getting Started Guide
This section of the document covers all N778xB/BD instruments. There
may be applications or functions described within, which cannot be
performed with a specific instrument. The sections or chapters of this
manual contain product numbers like N778xB/N778xBD. These product
numbers indicate the instruments that the specific section applies to.
Many functions and applications are controlled using an external Personal
Computer (PC), or an integrated PC, so a large portion of this manual is
about software and refers to screen shots.
Instruments from the N778xBD series comprise an integrated PC, where
the polarizationNAVIGATOR™ software will run in a compact display mode,
optimized for touch-screen control, which will be called Integrated PC
Mode throughout this manual. Therefore you will often find pairs of screen
shots, one of them referring to the External PC Mode, the other one
referring to the Integrated PC Mode. In most cases, the functions are
exactly the same in both modes, but for better accessibility they may be
rearranged.
Light source with single mode fiber output (connector: FC/APC or FC/PC,
depending on instrument input). In case of an N7782B with option #101,
#401 or #501 such a source is included.
Personal Computer (included with instruments of the N778xBD family):
• Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher
• Windows XP SP2 (32-Bit) or Windows 7
Using 64-Bit operating systems, N778xB instruments cannot be used on
NOTE
the USB bus. Use GPIB instead.
If connected via USB:
• Available USB (1.1 or higher)
If connected via GPIB:
• National Instruments VISA-compliant GPIB interface
• VISA driver (usually shipped with the interface)
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