I just received an 83631B sweeper to complete my 8510C. In reading the service quick reference guide, 08510-90317, I see there are lots of gotchas and a bunch of cables I need, not all of which have HP part numbers listed clearly. It's also not clear which ones are needed when. In addition there are numerous notes about not making certain connections, but it's not clear which cable the reference is to.
So here is what I have so far:
85101C / 3031A opt 010, 011
85102A / 2546A opt H0 w/ 85103A sticker dated 10/13/1987 and 8530A front panel label
83631B / 3844A w/ Agilent refurbished Jun 2000 sticker
8515A / 3602A
8512A / 2345A
Neither the 8512A nor 8515A have the source interface port shown on p 1-3 of the service quick reference. Does that present a problem?
The only cable I have at present is the 85101C to 85102A connection. I also have an HP floppy with the 8530A FW. The 8510C is what is currently loaded. I've not tried to read the 8530A disk yet.
So now to questions:
What other cables do I need?
What do I need to use it in 8530A mode?
Can the 8512A and 8515A be connected at the same time?
Are any of the units incompatible?
What do I need to do to bring this up?
I've seen the 83631B listed as 10 MHz to 26.6 GHz and 45 MHz to 26.6 GHz. How does one tell which is the case? Is it test set dependent at the low frequency?
I'm a hardcore Unix guy. Is it worth hunting down an HP 9000 series to use with it or can I use more recent computers e.g. HP Z400?
HP-UX would have me trying to admin 5 distinct operating systems. Working entirely alone, I've discovered that it really taxes my memory switching between the 4 I'm already running.
I've read a good bit of 8510 documentation, but the system is so complex that I'm not sure I've even found all of it, much less read everything I need to read.
Thanks,
Reg
