HP 86037B, Instruction Manual

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Remote Control
Setting up a Measurement
Setting up a Measurement
To set up the measurement system, compile the interface code with the Visual
Basic files and the HP supplied
TESServer.dll
file. The
TESServer.dll
file allows your
software to read and write test parameters to and from the test parameter
database file,
testparm.mdb
, without requiring knowledge of the database’s
underlying structure.
C A U T I O N The test parameter database file, testparm.mdb, is a complicated structure.
Damage to the file can render the HP 86037B unusable until the database is
replaced or repaired. For this reason, direct access of the
testparm.mdb database
is not recommended or supported by HP.
Communication between the
TESServer.dll
on your computer and the databases
on the system is via a direct network connection to the system’s hard drive.
You’ll need to supply this network connection.
Setting up a measurement requires the following three steps:
1 From
testparm.mdb, e
xtract the parameter collection that will be passed to the
test.
2 Edit the test parameter values in the collection.
3 Save the collection to
testparm.mdb
after all editing is complete.
When the measurement is executed, the collection is retrieved by the test
executive from the test parameter database and used to perform the measure-
ment.
Extract the test parameters
The TESServer.dll can be installed on your remote computer in two ways. A com-
plete set of files can be installed using the installation file on the accompany-
ing CD-ROM. Or, you can copy the
TESServer.dll file along with its companion
files tes.ini, io.mdb, and security.mdb from the system C:\HPCD directory. Once