HP 86037B, Instruction Manual

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4-3
Remote Control
Remote Control
Making measurements requires three steps
To perform remote measurements, you must create an application on your
remote computer to perform these three steps:
1 “Setting up a Measurement” as explained on page 4-4
2 “Performing a Measurement” as described page 4-13
3 “Reading the Measurement Results” as described on page 4-16
Figure 4-1 shows the interaction between your remote computer and the data-
base files.
Figure 4-1. Figure 1: Overview of remote interaction
Measurement execution on the HP 86037B is controlled via a test executive
shell (TES) that is contained in the file
TESServer.dll . Your remote application
uses the TES to edit test parameters and start tests. Measurement results are
retrieved independently of the test executive.
The test parameter variables that the TES uses to perform a measurement are
grouped according to the internal structure of the test executive. The test
executive divides measurements into four hierarchical levels, each having
their own corresponding test parameters. These four levels are (in order from
highest to lowest):
• System level
• Test plan level
• Test group level
• Test level