Introduction to the 34980A
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Web Browser Interface
The 34980A incorporates in its firmware a graphic Web Browser interface for
remote LAN access and control of the instrument via a Java-enabled Web
browser, such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer. While not as comprehensive a tool
as the
BenchLink Data Logger
software, the Web Browser provides an alternative
method for remote system configuration, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
For a detailed description of the Web Browser interface, see
34980A using the Integrated Web Browser Interface”
Other Software for Automated Testing with Multiple Instruments
These software tools can also be used with the 34980A:
– Keysight IO Libraries Suite (shipped on CD with the 34980A)
– Keysight IntuiLink
– Keysight VEE (an evaluation copy of the VEE Pro software is shipped on CD
with the 34980A)
– National Instruments LabVIEW
– Microsoft® Visual Basic or Visual C++
Data Acquisition Circuitry
As shown below, the 34980A's main system processor controls all of the basic
functionality of the instrument. This is where the instrument communicates with
the plug-in modules, interacts with command transactions over the remote
interfaces, and controls the optional internal DMM. The main system processor
also performs Mx+B scaling operations, monitors alarm conditions, converts
transducer measurements to engineering units, adds time stamp information to
scanned measurements, and stores measurement data in memory.