2.2.8 A1000-B3/R3 Front Panel (19” Version with inte-grated PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.2.9 A2000-B3 Front Panel (19” Version with integratedPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2.10 AXXXX-B3/R3 Back Panel (19” Version with in-tegrated PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 Software Installation/Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . 172.4 Connect the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.4.1 Connecting the Instrument to the USB Interface . 172.4.2 Connecting the Instrument to the GPIB Interface 182.5 Connecting Tunable Laser Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.6 Run the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.7 Using the Axxx as GPIB Interface (Remote GPIB) . . . . 182.8 Changing the GPIB Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.9 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.10 Delivered Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Basic Operation AXXXX-B3/R3 (19” Version with inte-grated PC) 213.1 Activating the AXXXX-B3/R3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.2 Network Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.3 Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.3.1 Remote Desktop Connection Tool . . . . . . . . . 223.3.2 Web-Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.3.3 Remote File Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.3.4 Rebooting the Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . 233.4 Recovery Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Basic Operation A1XXX/A2XXX 254.1 Activating the A1XXX/A2XXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Basic Operation A3XXX 265.1 Activating the A3XXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.2 A3XXX Polarization Controller Operation . . . . . . . . . 275.2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2.2 Manual Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2.3 Scrambling Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2.4 Sequence Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.2.5 Loop Synchronous Operation in Optical Loop TestBeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 A1XXX/A2XXX/A3XXX User Guide