Re: OT: E2050 vs E5810

[Eckhard Neber]

Les Hammer wrote:
 As long as you find the right people.  :-)
 I did the upgrade on the E2050B, and some firmware development on the
 E5810 before leaving Agilent.  My buddy down the hall at TAMS
 (tamsinc.com) - which is the source of HPUX these days, was the E5810
 project manager.  So we have experience.  :-)

Maybe more than the german support ;-)

 You should be able to use the new E5810 with the old system.  They
 both use the same protocols.  It would be easier to support if you
 upgraded your library (available from TAMS), but it shouldn't be
 necessary.

Thanks. I know the TAMS-library and it would be nice to use the linux 
version, but it is a bit picky about the kernel it runs with.
We currently have a student working on a linux implementation of the 
SICL functions we use in our tools, but I couldn't find any 
documentation on how to access the serial port.
Do you know how serial port is addressed?

Eckhard

OT: E2050 vs E5810

[Eckhard Neber]

Hello,

we use here some older LAN to GPIB interfaces E2050 with Agilent's SICL 
library on HPUX 10.20. Now we need another one, but Agilent says that 
the successor E5810 is not compatible and advises to purchase a new 
library. On the other hand I read in an older posting here 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
that they were compatible.
Has anyone experience with both?

Thanks in advance
Eckhard

PS: Sorry that the posting is OT, I could not find a better suited group.