HP 16700A / 16702A Compatible Boards - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: edisystems
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 30, 2017, 10:35:01 pm
content: Please forgive my ignorance and thank you for your time. I have an older HP 16500C logic analyzer with 2, 16531A 400 megasample acquisition boards, one 16530A timebase board and one 16510A logic analyzer board. I am thinking of buying a HP 16700A or a 16702A. Is it possible to remove the old boards from the 16500C and install them in the 16700A or 702A ? Will the 16700A software properly recognize the 16530A, 16531A, and 16510A ?

author: texaspyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2017, 10:46:18 pm
content: I believe it will, but it's been years since I changed the boards in mine. I use the 16532A and 16534A boards in mine.BTW, you can change a '533A into a '534A by changing a couple of resistors. I don't remember which ones and no longer have an un-modified '533A to verify which ones.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2017, 10:59:14 pm
content: According to Agilent, those boardsets are not supported on the 16700.But thecompatibility matrixalso claims that certain combinations will not work that actually do, so take it with a grain of salt.

author: gslick
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2017, 11:16:10 pm
content: I wouldn't worry too much about the 16510A not being supported by the 16700 series mainframes. If you acquire a 16700 series mainframe without any logic analyzer modules you should be able to pick up a supported 16550A or a 16555A for not much more than the cost of shipping these days, and those are a lot more capable analyzer modules than a 16510A.If the 16530A/16531A and 16532A oscilloscope modules are not supported nor functional in the 16700 series it might be a bit more expensive to acquire a supported and working 16533A or 16534A.I have a 16510A and a 16530A/16531A and 16532A which I have never bothered trying in a 16700 series mainframe to see exactly what happens. I suppose I should give that a try just to find out.

author: edisystems
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 01, 2017, 05:58:01 pm
content: Thanks to all of you for helping me out. It looks like I will have to change scope cards if I buy a 16700 or 16702.

author: edisystems
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 03:19:08 pm
content: Thanks for all your help. I got a HP 16500C. The Agilent / Keysight page for the 16500C does not have a download link for the operating system. Do you folks know if there is another download location for the version 1.09 of the operating software ? I checked on google and so far have not found a link.

author: gslick
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 08:14:33 pm
content: Quote from: edisystems on May 04, 2017, 03:19:08 pm16500C Operating System version 1.09 - 16500C_v1.09.exehttp://www.keysight.com/main/software.jspx?cc=US&lc=eng&id=sw509

author: edisystems
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 09:35:57 pm
content: You're a genius. Big thanks to gslick. I used the same keysight web site and I clicked on the tech support section - no files to download. Thanks for finding them for me. I lost my startup disk.

author: texaspyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 09:46:10 pm
content: I found some 2GB industrial grade CF cards that work in the 16500B/C mainframes. I have them available with the OS and symbol utilities loaded and mounted in a CF-IDE adapter.The run $40 shipped... sorry about the price, but I had to buy a bunch of them at a stupid price and less than half had a compatible controller in them (despite being the same model/part number of card).The 16500's apparently issue a some undocumented commands to the disk and VERY few cards/hard disks support those commands. PM me if you want one.

author: gslick
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 05:15:57 am
content: Quote from: texaspyro on May 04, 2017, 09:46:10 pmI bought some 2GB Innodisk iCF 4000 (Industrial CompactFlash® 4000 Memory Card) on eBay a few years ago and didn't have any problems using those with passive IDE - CF adapters in an HP 16500C and a 1660C. I can't remember if I tried any other CF cards first and had issues with any.