72 Keysight M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions Installation Guide
3 Controlling Multiple Instruments
 
Controlling Multiple Instruments by Multiple Instances of M8070B System Software
A single PC can also control multiple instruments by multiple instance of 
the M8070B software. For every connected instrument a separate instance 
of the M8070B software has to be started. You have to pass command line 
options to the M8070B system software to address/specify connected 
instruments.
Instrument settings, pattern etc. are stored in a so called workspace. To 
avoid conflicts between multiple running M8070B system software 
instances working on a single workspace you must specify a new name for 
every workspace. For every running M8070B software, a separate 
workspace must be defined.
Here is the possible configuration:
1 One PC connected to multiple instruments 
Figure 54 on page -72 shows one PC connected to multiple 
instruments via USB. 
Figure 54 PC connected to multiple instruments via USB