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Remote control interfaces and protocols

For remote control, communication between the R&S NRQ6 and the controlling
host is established based on the following interfaces and protocols.
Table 6-1: Supported interfaces and protocols
Interface Protocol
USB USBTMC
Ethernet VXI-11
HiSLIP
High-speed LAN instrument
protocol (IVI-6.1)
Socket communication
(LAN Ethernet)
*) VISA is a standardized software interface library providing input and output func-
tions to communicate with instruments. A VISA installation on the controller is a pre-
requisite for remote control over LAN (when using VXI-11 or HiSLIP protocol) and
USBTMC interfaces.
See also
6.1

USB interface

Computer requirements
● VISA library
A USB connection requires the VISA library to be installed. VISA detects and
configures the R&S NRQ6 automatically when the USB connection is estab-
lished.
● USBTMC driver
Apart from the USBTMC driver, which comes with the installation of the
R&S NRP Toolkit, you do not have to install a separate driver.
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Chapter 6.2.1, "VISA resource
Remote control interfaces and protocols
VISA *) address string
USB::<vendor ID>::<prod-
uct ID>:: <serial num-
ber>[::INSTR]
TCPIP::host address[::LAN
device name][::INSTR]
TCPIP::host
address::hislip0[::INSTR]
TCPIP::host address[::LAN
device
name]::<port>::SOCKET
strings",
USB interface
Library
VISA
VISA
VISA
on page 51.
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