Rohde & Schwarz SGS100A - Connecting the Controller and the Instrument

Network and Remote Control Operation
R&S
®
SGS100A
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Running the example program
► On the command line, enter ./SgsDriverDemo RESOURCESTRING [cmd].
Where
● RESOURCESTRING is the (VISA) resource string of your instrument, e.g.
TCPIP::ipaddress::5025::SOCKET or PCIE::0x162f::
0x132e::serialno::INSTR.
Where ipaddress is the IP address or hostname of your instrument and
serialno is its serial number.
● cmd is an optional command (see table).
The following table list the available commands.
Command Description
?
Usage
q
Quit
f value Set frequency
f?
Query frequency
l value Set level
l?
Query level
r value Set RF state (value = 0 | 1 | ON | OFF)
r?
Query RF state
If you enter an additional optional command, SgsDriverDemo executes it and
enters a loop waiting for further commands.
Example:
TCPIP::10.111.11.44::5025::SOCKET ?
Lists the available commands.
10.3.4 Connecting the Controller and the Instrument
A PCIe connector is provided on the rear panel of the instrument.
Risk of device failure
The R&S SGS is equipped with a single lane PCIe interface that supports hot plugging.
Do not connect an external PC to the PCIe connector of the instrument during opera-
tion if this external PC does not support hot-plugging!
Advanced Remote Control Using PCIe