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Keysight M8050A High-Performance BERT Getting Started Guide
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Basic Setup for M8050A
Currently, the M8070B software supports the following M8050A module
drivers:
• M8042A Pattern Generator Module
• M8009A Clock Module
The M8070B software comes with a
Manage Module Drivers
utility to
simplify all the tasks related to module driver management. The
Manage
Module Drivers
allows you to install, uninstall, and upgrade the module
drivers.
For complete details on how to install, update or uninstall module drivers,
please refer to the
M8000 Series User Guide
or Online
Help
.
Step 12 - Install the Licenses
The usage of M8070B plugins is govern by Keysight Licensing. Keysight
Licensing provides tools and processes for floating, USB portable,
node-locked, and transportable licenses. These licenses can be installed
using the
Keysight License Manager
. It helps you install licenses on your
local machine (instrument or computer), or configure your local machine
to use licenses from a remote license server.
Depending upon the license types, the following version of
Keysight
License Manager
can be used to install the licenses:
• The node-locked and transportable licenses are installed by
Keysight
License Manager 5
.
• The floating and USB probable licenses are installed by
Keysight
License Manager 6
.
NOTE
Verify your account permissions. Ensure that you have full administrative
privileges (run as Administrator) before you install or upgrade the
M8050A module drivers on a PC running Windows 10. Not doing so may
result in the installation failure. Please contact your system
administrator to provide you the administrative rights.
NOTE
Please note that the Keysight License Manager 5 and Keysight License
Manager 6 get installed on your system when you install M8070B system
software.
