Agilent Technologies 86038A User Manual page 258

Troubleshooting and Upgrades
3. Check the tunable laser source and multi-wavelength meter firmware
revision
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The ODA Application has been designed and tested to work with the
8164B Lightwave Measurement System and 81640B or 81600B Tunable
Laser Source. An 86122A Multi-Wavelength Meter may also be added to
an ODA to improve the wavelength accuracy of the measurements. There
is a minimum firmware revision required to work with the ODA application.
If the instrument is not the correct model number, or does not meet the
minimum firmware revision requirements, the ODA will not work with the
instrument. Check the instrument's firmware revisions by following the
steps below.
Instrument Model #
Lightwave Measurement
System or 8164B
Tunable Laser Source 81640B
Module
81600B #160
81600B #200
Multi-Wavelength Meter 86122A
To upgrade the Instrument
The necessary files for upgrading the instruments are shipped on the OCT
Support CD and are stored on the ODA in the "Additional Drivers" folder.
The most recent versions can also be found on the Agilent web site, under
www.agilent.com\comms\octfirmware.
To upgrade the instruments, please follow the instructions in the User's
Guide of each instrument. The instructions are also available from the
Agilent web site. The upgrade process requires the use of a computer. For
this purpose, an external computer or the ODA controller itself can be
used. To use the ODA controller, first exit the ODA application
(File>Exit>"agilentoda">Yes).
Troubleshooting GPIB Communications Problems
Min
F/W
Rev.
8164A V4.02 Local > Config > About Mainframe. The
mainframe firmware revision information is on
the bottom line.
V4.01 Local > Config > About Modules > Slot 0 >
Enter.
V4.07
V4.07
1.0 Help > About 86122A. View under System
Information > Software Revision
Agilent 86038A Optical Dispersion Analyzer, Third Edition
To check firmware revision