Keysight PXIe Chassis Family Startup Guide
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Click the chassis entry under
Modules
to select it, which will display the chassis
entry in the
Selected Instrument
field. Click
Connect to start the SFP
in
hardware
mode.
Note that multiple instance of the SFP can be run at one time on the host controller
PC.
Using the SFP to monitor the chassis
This section describes how to use the SFP to monitor the chassis in Hardware
Mode.
To prevent inadvertently changing parameters such as the chassis temperature
alarm, the SFP includes an
check box that is unchecked by
Allow Control
default as shown below. The unchecked box prevents any configuration change
from being made. In the
, which
Keysight PXIe Chassis Family User Guide
describes how to use the SFP to configure the chassis, this check box will be
checked.
The image below shows the Monitor screen of the SFP. This screen has five tabs:
Fan speed
Temperature
Voltage
Reference clock
PCIe link
These tabs display the speed of the three fans, the temperatures reported by the
eight backplane temperature sensors, and the four main power supply voltages
respectively. This screen also displays the source of the 10 MHz reference clock
and the current PCIe link configuration. For more information, see the
Keysight
.
PXIe Chassis Family User Guide