This application note provides a step-by-step guide to system administration, software installation, and COM/DCOM1 setup for the PNA Series2 of microwave network analyzers. After reading this application note, you should be able to:
– Add user profiles to your analyzer
– Share drives between your analyzer and a PC running Windows
– Load software on your analyzer over the LAN or from an external CD drive
– Configure your analyzer and PC for COM/DCOM communications
Additionally, this application note provides a simple programming example in six common languages or formats3 (Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic Script, Word, Excel, Keysight VEE, Visual C++, and National Instruments LabVIEW) that demonstrates the differences between development platforms.