Keysight Technologies M9010A - Additional Changes from the M9018 A to the M9018 B; Driver Behavior; Summary

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Using the M9018A Chassis with the PXIe Chassis Family Driver Introduction to the PXIe Chassis
Additional changes from the M9018A to the M9018B
The following new features exist in the M9018B but not in the older M9018A:
– Replaceable Power Supply in the M9018A is not compatible with the
M9018B or M9019A.
– The two front panel trigger ports (TRIG 1 and TRIG 2)
– Rear panel Power Sync feature.
– Manual control of the 10MHz Reference Clock.
– Reference Clock alarm for the clock phase lock loop transition to unlock.
– Monitoring of the +5V_STANDBY supply (also known as the 5Vaux supply).
Driver Behavior
The following behaviors describe what may happen when using an M9018B
chassis with the AgM9018 driver.
– When an M9018B is used with the legacy AgM9018 driver (version
1.5.80.1) environment in Keysight’s IO Libraries Suite Connection Expert
Instrument View tab, it appears as an “M9018A.” However, in the
Connection Expert Chassis View tab, it shows as an “M9018B.
– When an M9018B is used with the older AgM9018 driver (version 1.5.80.1)
environment, the Host PC’s Windows Device Manager lists the chassis as
an “M9018A” instead of an “M9018B.”
– Using the PXIe Chassis Family driver Fabric Configuration Utility, restores
that same internal M9018B data field to its original factory value of
M9018B.
You can observe that the M9018B is self identifying as an M9018A, if you run
self-test and get the error 541, or if you run the SFP or IO Library Connection
Expert and notice that the software is reporting the chassis as an M9018A.
Summary
The M9018B chassis may report as an “M9018A” in some situations, but that set
of situations will change depending on the use of the AgM9018 driver 1.5.80.1 vs
the PXIe Chassis Family driver.
The new M9018B will work in environments as a drop in replacement for the
M9018A running the AgM9018 driver (version 1.5.80.1). When using the
AgM9018 driver, the M9018B will show up as an M9018A in the following
situations:
Both the M9018A and M9018B support a Gen2 PCIe link speed.
The M9010A and M9019A support a Gen3 PCIe link speed.