Logic Analyzer Agilent 16803A - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: HomoPegasus
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 14, 2025, 12:00:15 pm
content: Hello everyone, I've just started diving into similar topics, I don't know much, I'd be glad if you could help me figure it out.The thing is, I need to connect the LA 16803A to a PC so that I can remotely control it via labview. I've seen similar topics here about such analyzers. I would really like to know how you did it. I've been working on this for a week now and nothing is working. If it's not difficult, please describe step by step how to do it.The analyzer is running 3.67, but it also gets up to 5.9, it works on windows 7 like, I tried to connect through the domain, but there are no results.Thank you in advance for your helpВсем привет, только начал погружаться в подобные темы, практически ничего не знаю, буду рад если поможете разобраться.Дело в том, что мне нужно подключить LA 16803A к ПК, чтобы можно было дистанционно им управлять через labview. Видел здесь подобные темы на счет таких анализаторов. Очень бы хотелось узнать как вы это делали. Бьюсь уже над этим целую неделю и ничего не получается. Кому не сложно распишите пожалуйста пошагово как это сделать.На анализаторе стоит 3.67 но встает и 5.9 windows 7 вроде, пытался подключиться через домен но никак результатов.Заранее спасибо за помощь)

author: jwet
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2025, 01:26:06 pm
content: Agilent still posts manuals and resources for these instruments. Here is the link-https://www.keysight.com/us/en/product/16803A/102channel-portable--logic-analyzer.html#resourcesYou don't really specify where the problem is so all I can do is direct you to the manual and app notes. I know it can be done, often these things are finnicky to get going the first time. With something old like this, look at DLL's and dependencies that it has that might have changed over the years.

author: HomoPegasus
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 14, 2025, 02:18:34 pm
content: Thank you for responding. I studied the documentation on the device, I set up the connection via Keysight Connection Expert, but I still did not understand how to control the device with its help, the answer comes to the IDN command "!ERROR 20126! Errors: !ERROR 20031! Unknown command: *IDN?.As I understand it, this is due to the fact that the device does not support Visa for PC communication. I still haven't figured out what alternative to this can be used. When installing LA 5.9, the COM Connection Tool was added, I read in the documentation how to work with it, but I still constantly got the error "Connect error : Access is denied. in agTestClient". Then I found out that it was necessary to link the devices through the domain, which I also did. But then I got the error "insufficient resources". I don't know what it's related to, and I don't know if this app can help me. Can you give me any advice?

author: jwet
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2025, 04:11:47 pm
content: I'm sorry, I'm not that up to speed on those errors. Maybe someone with more direct experience will chime in. I know these boxes were made at a time when Agilent was very big on selling licenses for features- this should give you more direct error. It can be frustrating though.