I/O Switch

The I/O Switch will allow ton controll multiple paths. To manage the switch, refer to Switch Manager tool.

When clicking on the Input or Output Switch, the following menu appears on the right side of the schematic editor:

Note: Using I/O switch, the input and output fixture can be defined on each RF path thanks to I/O switch configuration panel. Therefore, Input & Output Fixtures defined for single path configuration (when I/O swicth is disable in Schematic) are not take into account.

Driver

  • Driver: select the appropriate driver corresponding to the instrument (refer to Supported I/O Switchs list)
  • Address: set the communication address. Note the icon can be use to open the Instrument Scanner
  • Options: set the specific driver options clicking on icon (refer to Supported Instruments section)
  • VISA Library: set the VISA Library (*.dll) used to communicate with the instrument (see help on this page: Getting Started : "Configure the VISA Library on the control PC")
  • Command Time Out (ms): elapsed time before returning an error message if no response from the instrument
  • Command Delay (ms): delay before sending a command to the instrument

Paths

This tab is used to define the number of paths available (Max 10).
  • Allow S-Parameters/Test Fixture frequency interpolation:select to enable interpolation on the *.S2P file

For each path, the following parameters are editable :

  • Name: give a name to identify each channel
  • Channel: select the channel associated in the switch
  • Input / Output Test Fixture: input and output fixtures
    Note: Click on the icon or select a file included in the Files manager of IQSTAR through the icon. *.S2P file can be plotted using the icon.