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Network and Remote Control Operation
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To use the advantage of the fast settings, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:
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On Windows operating systems, the fast socket driver must be installed.
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The application program must be run with root/administrator rights.
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The fast settings must be enabled with the function
rssgt_useFastSettings
(see also
Chapter 10.3.5, "Enabling Fast Settings"
The instrument driver uses the fast settings method whenever possible. This applies
currently for the parameters frequency, level, RF state, I/Q modulator state, IQ wide-
band state, digital attenuation, frequency offset, phase offset, trigger, segment trigger,
next segment index. In all other cases, SCPI messages are sent.
10.4.1 Setting Up a Remote Control Connection via Fast Socket
Download the required archive and extract the files on a remote PC, as described in
Chapter 10.3.2, "Download the Drivers"
Windows operating systems
To set up a remote control connection via fast socket for Windows operating systems,
perform the following steps:
1. Connect the controller and the instrument, see
2. Install the protocol driver to the controller, see
Chapter 10.4.2, "Installing the Proto-
3. On the controller start the driver by using one of the following:
a) Start the Windows console user interface as an administrator.
Excute the command
net start SGMANDISPROT
.
b) Use a program for opening the driver.
See for example the example file
SgtDriverDemo.c
.
4. Start the application with administrator rights.
Chapter 10.4.3, "Enabling Fast Settings"
Linux operating systems
To set up a remote control connection via fast socket for Linux operating systems, per-
form the following steps:
1. Connect the controller and the instrument, see
2. Start the application as root.
Chapter 10.4.3, "Enabling Fast Settings"
Advanced Remote Control Using Fast Socket