Keysight Technologies M9037A Startup Guide

M9037A PXIe Embedded Controller
Startup Guide
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Introduction
Keysight’s M9037A is a 3U, 4-slot PXIe Embedded Controller providing:
- Intel Haswell Core
TM
i7-4700EQ quad-core, 2.4 GHz processor
- 4 GB standard (or optional 8 or 16 GB) 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory
*
- 240 GB SATA 2.5 inch solid state drive (SSD) front panel removable
- Integrated IO on the front panel includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB
2.0 ports
†
, two USB 3.0 ports, GPIB connector, two DisplayPort video ports
(also known as DisplayPort++), one PCIe x8 connector
- Front Panel SMB Trigger Connector used to route an external trigger signal
(TTL level) to/from the PXI backplane with software trigger
- Preloaded with Keysight IO Libraries and your choice of either Microsoft
Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) 32-bit or 64-bit Operating System
- Pre-installed IVI drivers for the Keysight M9018A 18-slot PXIe chassis
Related Documentation
A Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) Operating System and all M9037A
drivers were installed at the factory, no additional drivers are required. This
Startup Guide and an M9037A User Guide are also found on the Product
Information CD supplied with the controller.
Complete M9037A documentation, as well as the M9018A PXIe chassis
documentation, is available preinstalled on the M9037A SSD. From the Windows
Start button, select All Programs > Keysight > M9037A or M9018A.
Adobe Reader is required to view the documentation supplied on the M9037A
and product CD. It is available free at: http://www.adobe.com. You should install
this on your M9037A prior to attempting to open a .PDF file.
For the latest M9037A specifications, go to: www.keysight.com/find/M9037A.
For the IVI trigger driver, help file, program examples, etc. go to:
C:\ProgramFiles\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\AgPxiPc or
C:\ProgramFiles x86\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\AgPxiPc
For the Soft Front Panel interface: from the Window’s Start menu, select:
Start > All Programs > Keysight > PXIe Embedded Controller >
Embedded Controller SFP
* The M9037A has two 240-pin, RDIMM sockets that support DDR3-1600 REG/ECC RAM sticks. The standard
M9037A configuration is a single 4 GB memory module with a factory option to provide either 8 or 16 GB
memory. A 32-bit OS system may not be able to address 4GB memory space. To use the full 16GB memory, a
64-bit OS must be used. The M9037A can address up to 32 GB total memory.
† The USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports do not support the USB Battery Charging specification. Do not connect
non-standard or defective USB devices

Keysight Technologies M9037A Specifications

General

Brand	Keysight Technologies
Model	M9037A
Category	Controller
Language	English