Regional contact LegacyPro Europe, Africa, Middle East +49 89 4129 12345 Instrument emulation customersupport rohde-schwarz.com North America 1 888 TEST RSA (1 888 837 87 72) Dealing with customer.support rsa.rohde-schwarz.com Breathing new life into Latin America +1 410 910 79 88 customersupport.la rohde-schwarz.com obsolescence Asia Paci c +65 65 13 04 88 existing test systems customersupport.asia rohde-schwarz.com China +86 800 810 82 28 +86 400 650 58 96 Test systems with an expected service life of more than and reap the benefits customersupport.china rohde-schwarz.com Retain your current test system software 20 years are commonplace in aerospace and defense New instruments installed to replace and emulate Benefit from Rohde & Schwarz experience in code emulation applications. Managing the maintenance and obsoles- old equipment in an existing test system offer further www.rohde-schwarz.com Rely on Rohde & Schwarz long-term support cence of aging equipment in these test systems becomes advantages: in creasingly critical and costly. Due to the dedicated applica- tions of these test systems, complete replacement with a Reduced cost of ownership Improved reliability suite of latest version instruments is not always an option: faster testing, leading to higher throughput and better yield and lower maintenance and service charges. Certified test program set (TPS) The TPS control- ling the test system instruments is often certified and any Mitigating risk Improved overall system availability changes to the TPS for supporting new instruments can minimum downtime for service and calibration and have major consequences, introducing high costs, opera- plug-in replacement with no software changes. tional risk and re-certification. Form-factor New instruments are generally more Old TPS Even if there is a desire to change the TPS, this compact than their predecessors and, for some applica- may be prevented through lack of support or tools, e.g. tions, can combine the functionality of multiple legacy compilers. instruments into a single-box solution, saving space. Bring your test system into the modern age LegacyPro from Rohde & Schwarz is the culmination Replacing obsolete test system equipment with the equiva- of extensive knowledge gained from emulating complex lent latest instruments should be straightforward, requiring instruments and a history of working directly with custom- minimum hardware and software changes. In reality, re- ers to successfully replace legacy instrumentation. placing obsolete instruments requires careful consideration of several important aspects to ensure complete backward LegacyPro instruments include network analyzers, compatibility: spectrum analyzers and signal generators. They support a comprehensive set of legacy test equipment vendors, Full emulation of legacy instrument Modern instru- including HP/Agilent, IFR/Aeroflex, Anritsu and ments running emulation must correctly interpret and Rohde & Schwarz. react to all of the existing TPS commands. Compatibility also necessitates a legacy hardware interface, e.g. GPIB. Functional/behavioral compatibility Most present- day instruments are digitally based and operate differently compared to their analog predecessors. These behavioral differences need to be accounted for in the emulation. For example, instrument preset settings need to match the legacy instrument. R&S is a registered trademark of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Trade names are trademarks of the owners PD 5214.5603.62 Version 03.00 October 2017 (he/ch) Instrument emulation Breathing new life into existing test systems Data without tolerance limits is not binding Subject to change 2017 - 2017 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG 81671 Munich, Germany Need to know more Visit the LegacyPro web page: www.rohde-schwarz.com/legacy pro 5214560362 LegacyPro bro en 5214-5603-62 v0300.indd 1-3 17.10.2017 10:27:45 5214.5603.62 03.00 PDP 1 enLegacyPro Compatibility matrix Spectrum analyzers Signal generators Power meters Audio analyzers SMA100A SMB100A R&SSMBV100A R&SSMC100A R&SSMF100A R&SSMA100B FSU, FSQ FSV FSW R&SNRP2 R&SUPV R&SUPP HP 8560E/8561E/8562E/8563E/8564E/8565E HP 8340/8341 Agilent/HP 436A HP 8903B HP 8566A/B HP 8360/83620/83622/83623/83624 Agilent/HP 437B HP 8568A/B HP 83630/83640/83650 Agilent/HP 438A HP 8591E HP 8373/83711/83712/83731/83732 Agilent E4418B/E4419B HP 8594E/L HP 8642/8643 Agilent N432A HP 71100C/P HP 8644/8645 (+AVI) Agilent N1911A/N1912A HP 71200C/P HP 8647/8648/8656/8657 NRP HP 71209C/P HP 8662/8663 planned planned NRVD 1) Agilent PSA series HP 8664 FSEA/B/M/K HP 8665 (+AVI) FSP/U/Q HP 8673 1) Agilent E4421/E4422 Support of I/Q read-out. LegacyPro Agilent E4428 Agilent E4438 Agilent E8257 Network analyzers Accomplishing Agilent E8663 Agilent N5161/N5181 R&SZVA, R&SZVB, R&SZVT R&SZNB, R&SZNC HP 8510 series Agilent N5162/N5182 code compatibility HP 8530A Agilent N5183 HP 8714 Aeroflex AF2023/AF2024 Since its introduction in the 1990s, the Standard Com- HP 8753/8719/8720/8722 series Aeroflex AF2030/AF2031/AF2032 mands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) standard 1) Agilent ENA series Aeroflex AF2040/AF2041 has revolutionized remote control and interchangeability 1) Agilent PNA series Aeroflex AF2042 (+ADF) of modern test instruments. However, test systems devel- ZVK/M/R Aeroflex AF2050/AF2051/AF2052 oped prior to the arrival of SCPI support legacy equipment Aeroflex AF3416 1) Development ongoing. that uses instrument-specific command sets that are in- Anritsu AN68017/AN68037 compatible with the modern standard. Panasonic PA8303 Racal Dana RC3102/RC 9087 planned LegacyPro from Rohde & Schwarz addresses the R&SSMA100A issue of code compatibility that arises when replacing an R&SSMF100A planned obsolete instrument with an up-to-date successor. Instru- R&SSMG/SMGU/SMH/SMHU planned planned ments supporting LegacyPro have a list of specific R&SSME02/SME03/SME06 legacy test equipment that can be emulated. Selection is R&SSML01/SML02/SML03 simple and once chosen, the tailored instrument emulation R&SSMP02/SMP03/SMP04 mode provides the following: R&SSMR20/SMR27/SMR30/SMR40 Drop-down menu An interpreting parser for the instrument to understand the R&SSMT02/SMT03/SMT06 legacy syntax and commands sent by the test system. list on the R&SFSV, R&SSMV03 Responses to the test system from the instrument that showing all emulated R&SSMY01/R&SSMY02 are fully understood and mimic the legacy instrument, HP analyzers. e.g. measurement results and query feedback. FSV ZVA FFSSWW ZNB SMA100B SMB100A SMC100A SMBV100A SMF100A NRP2 UPV UPP Spectrum Analyzer Network Analyzer Spectrum Analyzer Network Analyzer RF and Microwave Signal Generator RF and Microwave Signal Generator Signal Generator Vector Signal Generator Microwave Signal Generator Power Meter Audio Analyzer Audio Analyzer LegacyPro bro en 5214-5603-62 v0300.indd 4-6 17.10.2017 10:27:50