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1. General information

Overview of the program

This program (a VBA macro for Microsoft Excel®) transfers the list sweep measurement data

from the E4980A to a PC.

Supported model and firmware

Model

Firmware

E4980A Precision LCR Meter

Rev. 2.20

Required equipment

• Personal computer

* Microsoft Excel® installed

* Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 16 or higher installed

• Connection cable (Use either one of the following cables)

1. USB cable (type mini-B for E4980A side and type A male for PC side, furnished as an

E4980A standard accessory)

2. Agilent 82357A or 82357B USB/GPIB Interface

2. Connection configuration through Agilent Connection Expert

1. Run Agilent Connection Expert by double-clicking the icon in the task tray

Double click

2. Connect the E4980A and the PC using either USB cable or USB/GPIB interface. Then the

connection will be automatically configured. After the connection is properly configured, the

E4980A

appears on “Instrument I/O on this PC” pane of Agilent Connection Expert as

shown in the figure below.

Summary of Contents for E4980A

Page 1: ...Agilent E4980A Precision LCR Meter E4980A Data Transfer Program Operation Manual Rev 01 20 July 2011 ...

Page 4: ...nsation The E4980A can sweep frequency test signal level DC bias signal level DC source level up to 201 points with the list sweep function by pressing Meas Setup hardkey LIST SETUP softkey 2 Set the trigger to manual mode by pressing Meas Setup hardkey then cursor down to the TRIG field to select MAN ...

Page 5: ...er hardkey 4 Open E4980A_DataTransfer_xxxx xls on the PC Since this file contains macros enable Macros to boot the program then follow the Step 1 and the Step 2 in the Main sheet 5 On the newly created sheet choose the graph parameter to show the graph properly X Y axis are changed to Log format in the example below ...

Page 6: ... 01 20 2011 7 5 Function added to return to local mode automatically Function added to show measurement mode as graph title Evaluated under Windows 7 and Excel 2010 environment Other minor improvements implemented 01 00 2010 2 22 Initial revision ...