Hi Ed,
Did you try METAS VNA Tools software? It is supporting many VNAs
including the 8510C.
You can save different traces and compare them later. I used it to
compare different coaxial calibration kits but never used it for waveguides.
Regards,
Razvan
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On 13/07/2024 20:43, Ed Marciniak via groups.io wrote:
Considering I can have a PC that¡¯s one rack unit high and half width or
less, if I wanted¡or use a NUC plus a thunderbolt to PCIe cage and a
PCIe to pci adapter with an NI PCI-GPIB card, and then to bridge the gap
in hardware too new if I need an older OS, direct the virtual machine to
own the pci device(s) behind the adapter¡it¡¯s completely practical to
use a PC and hide it behind the instruments.
if someone had a specific piece of software in mind, I might even be
interested in trying to make some one or two page cheat sheets with
steps to install for not so computer focused people or even attempt to
create images that just require you provide windows license keys¡or
something in between like installer scripts.
Alternatively, if someone wanted to collaborate on a MAME/MESS HPIB
interface that would work with an emulated 9000/360 or 9000/382 or
similar. While the emulators are interesting for someone trying to list
code, they¡¯re not really useful if you can¡¯t talk to outside world where
physical instruments live.
Either require more time than I have to spend right now without knowing
there¡¯s at least a few people interested enough to devote some time of
their own to an open source solution.
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