Keysight Technologies M9019A PXIe, Startup Manual

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Keysight PXIe Chassis Family Startup Guide

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Once the embedded controller is installed in the chassis, you can interface to the 
controller by connecting a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to it; alternatively, you 
can interface to the controller through its network port using software such as 
Microsoft Remote Desktop.

Keysight IO Libraries Suite and the PXIe chassis drivers are pre-installed on the 
M9037A Embedded Controller. If you are using this embedded controller, you 
can skip the remainder of this step, and proceed to 

STEP 3: Turn On Chassis 

and Verify Operation on page 2

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Installation of Keysight software on the embedded controller is described in the 
next section. However, because the software is provided on CDs and because 
embedded controllers typically do not have optical drives, you should determine 
which software installation option will work best for you. The installation options 
include:

Obtain a USB interface optical drive and connect it to one of the embedded 
controller USB ports.

Copy the CD software to the embedded controller hard drive, and then 
execute the installation process from the hard drive. To do this, the CD 
software can be read on a PC optical drive, and then copied to the 
embedded controller over the network or by using a USB flash drive.

If the embedded controller is connected to the network, you can download 
the required software from

, and not use 

 www.keysight.com/find/M9019A

the CDs supplied with the chassis.

Installing software on the host controller

This section describes how to install the host controller software, and applies to 
both remote controllers and embedded controllers. To install the software, you 
must have administrator privileges on the host controller, and the software must be 
installed in the following order:

Keysight IO Libraries Suite

 - This is a collection of libraries and utilities that 

enable you to connect your chassis to the host controller and run programs 
on the host controller that interact with the chassis. The IO Libraries Suite is 
used with all Keysight instruments, and is not specific to the PXIe chassis. 
Keysight recommends using the latest version of IO Libraries Suite available.

PXIe chassis drivers

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This software consists of the chassis soft front panel 

(SFP) and the IVI.NET, IVI-C, LabVIEW, and MATLAB drivers for the PXIe 
chassis. These drivers each provide an API (application programming 
interface) that can be used to develop programs that interface to the chassis.