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Instrument Software
Instrument Software Overview
Instrument Software Overview
The instrument software, installed in every instrument, contains not only the
spectrum analyzer measurement application, but also all of the other currently
available measurement applications. However, only the licensed applications will
be seen and available for use.
To view the currently licensed measurement applications press
System, Show,
System. In addition to listing the application model number and description you
will also see the revision of each. However, the complete package itself also has a
revision associated with it, which can also be found on this screen as the
“Firmware Revision”.
Since the instrument application software is distributed in one complete package,
when an update is installed they are all updated at the same time. One of the
benefits of this is that you cannot have revisions that are incompatible with each
other installed in an instrument. However, there is one exception to this, which
would be the 89601A VSA software. While the latest revision of the 89601A VSA
software is installed in each instrument as it left the factory, it must be updated, and
kept in sync with the rest of the instrument application software independently.
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