34 Keysight M8040A High-Performance BERT Getting Started Guide
2 Basic Setup for M8040A
Computer Hardware and Software Requirements
The following are the hardware and software requirements that should be
met on the host computer before the installation of software components
on this computer:
Hardware requirements
• Pentium® processor 1 GHz or equivalent
• 16 GB available RAM
• USB 2.0 (Mini-B) recommended
• PCIe 2.0/8x (only for highest data throughput and desktop PC)
• VGA resolution 1024 x 768
• 1.5 GB or more free hard disc space
Software requirements
• The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows 8.1 (64 bit) SP1
• Windows 8 (64 bit)
• Windows 7 (64 bit)
• Keysight I/O libraries version 17.1
The M8070A software is required to control the M8040A. M8070A-0TP
or M8070A-0NP license is required for controlling hardware.
PCIe connectivity between the M9505A AXIe Chassis and an external
desktop PC controller is recommended when full channel plus large
patterns need to be downloaded.
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