Remote Control
R&S
®
CMW500
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The instruments can be configured via the LXI Browser Interface; a LAN Configura-
tion Initialize (LCI) mechanism resets the LAN configuration. The LXI class C instru-
ments shall also support automatic detection in a LAN via the VXI-11 discovery pro-
tocol and programming by means of IVI drivers.
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Class B adds IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and peer-to-peer commu-
nication to the base class. IEEE 1588 allows all instruments on the same network to
automatically synchronize to the most accurate clock available and then provide time
stamps or time-based synchronization signals to all instruments with exceptional
accuracy.
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Class A instruments are additionally equipped with the eight-channel hardware trig-
ger bus (LVDS interface) defined in the LXI standard.
Instruments of classes A and B can generate and receive software triggers via LAN mes-
sages and communicate with each other without involving the controller.
The R&S CMW500 supports some LXI class C features, but it is not LXI class C compliant
(e.g. LCI mechanism not implemented). In addition to general class C features, it provides
additional functionality, e.g. tracing of remote SCPI commands, see LXI Browser Inter-
face.
For information about the LXI standard refer to the LXI website at http://www.lxistan-
dard.org. See also "News from Rohde & Schwarz, issue no. 190 - 2006/II".
5.9.2 LXI Browser Interface
The instrument's LXI browser interface works correctly with all W3C compliant browsers.
Typing the instrument's host name or IP address in the address field of the browser on
your PC (e.g. http://10.113.10.203) opens the instrument home page.
LXI Configuration
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