Hardware Interfaces R&S SMC100A
1411.4060.32 8.6 E-1
Instrument
Controller
Interrupt channel
(Service request)
Abort channel
(abort)
Core channel
(program, response,
control messages )
Figure 8-3 VXI-11 channels between instrument and controller
The number of controllers that can address an instrument is practically unlimited in the network. In the
instrument, the individual controllers are clearly distinguished. This distinction continues up to the
application level in the controller, i.e. two applications on a PC are identified by the instrument as two
different controllers.
Instrument
Controller
Controller
Controller
Figure 8-4 Remote control via LAN from several controllers
The controllers can lock and unlock the instrument for exclusive access. This regulates access to the
instrument of several controllers.
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