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8-16 Service Guide N5230-90014
General Purpose Maintenance Procedures PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
Option Enable Utility N5230A
Repairing and Recovering Option Data
License, option, and model number data are stored in an EEPROM on the frequency
reference board and written into the
gen.lic
file on the hard disk drive. If the data stored
in either of these items is lost, it can be recovered from the other item.
If the data on both the hard disk drive and the frequency reference board is lost, it can not
be recovered. Contact Agilent for assistance. Refer to
“Contacting Agilent” on page 2-11 .
Recovery of Data After Repair
• If the frequency reference board is replaced, use the
Repair
selection to recover data that
has been lost as a result of the repair:
1. Select
Repair
from the
Option Enable
menu bar (see Figure 8-5 on page 8-14 ).
2. Click the
Freq Ref board has been replaced
check box.
3. Click
Begin Repair
. The data is written from the
gen.lic
file into the EEPROM.
• If the hard disk drive is replaced, a new
gen.lic
file is automatically created when the
Network Analyzer
application starts, by retrieving the data from the EEPROM.
Recovery of Data if Option or Model Numbers are Incorrect
If the analyzer option or model numbers are not listed correctly on the analyzer display, in
either the Option Enable Dialog Box or the About Network Analyzer display, you should
regenerate the options license file,
gen.lic
:
1. Exit the
Network Analyzer
application.
2. Remove (or rename) the existing
gen.lic
file:
a. Open
Windows Explorer
and navigate to
C:\Program Files\Agilent\Network
Analyzer
.
b. Delete (or rename)
gen.lic
.
3. Exit the
Windows Explorer
application.
4. Open the
Network Analyzer
application. The application will generate a new
gen.lic
file when it starts.
5. Check the option listing:
a. On the
System
menu, point to
Service
, and then click
Option Enable
, or
b. On the
Help
menu, click
About Network Analyzer
.
6. If the options are still not listed correctly, contact Agilent for assistance. Refer to
“Contacting Agilent” on page 2-11 .