Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First LXI Unit in Switching and Control; Versatile L4400 Series 1U, Half-Rack LXI Instruments Provide Small, Low-Cost Remote Solutions for Switching and System Control.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced seven new LXI Adj. 1. lxi - being one more than sixty 61, sixty-one cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" Class C instruments that are the industry's first LXI Unit (as defined by the LXI Consortium) in switching and control in a 1U, half-rack instrument form factor. The Agilent L4400 Series of switching and system control instruments are small, industry-standard instruments that can be placed wherever the application requires. The unit's remote capabilities and graphical Web interface reduce setup and troubleshooting time for engineers building design verification and functional test systems in the electronics, automotive, aerospace/defense, communications, medical and computer industries. Agilent, one of the founding members of the LXI consortium and a leader in LAN-standards-based instrumentation, now offers a family of LXI instruments for switching and control that include the popular 34980A switch/measure unit and the new L4400 Series switching and control. This versatile family of high-performance LXI instruments enables engineers to easily fit their application and budget to their test needs. The L4400 provides an easy migration path from the 34980A and other existing LXI instruments without a big investment in a new platform. It is also part of Agilent Open, a program that ensures industry-standards-based open connectivity in hardware and software. "The Agilent L4400 Series represents the first in what we hope are many 'LXI unit' products from LXI member companies," said Bob Rennard, LXI Consortium president. "These products embody the vision many have for LXI products: small, 1U, half-rack, faceless instruments that lend themselves to distributed test systems. In addition to their simplicity, low cost and small footprint, their LXI capability will help integrators lower system setup time." The Agilent L4400 Series instruments are high-performance instruments that allow engineers to buy only what they need and easily add to it when their application changes. The Ethernet interface allows for simple connection to the PC or to a network for access across an engineering workgroup. The fully featured graphical Web interface goes beyond the LXI standard and provides full control of the instrument through a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . For example, engineers can use the Ethernet connection and the unit's graphical Web interface to remotely access and control the instrument from anywhere on the network. This enables engineers to monitor a test setup; open, close and scan switches; view commands that have gone across the bus; and troubleshoot an application via a standard Web browser. Additional information about the Agilent L4400 Series switching and control instruments is available at www.agilent.com/find/L4400. Images are available at www.agilent.com/find/L4400_images. The backgrounder "LXI Helps System Developers Go Beyond GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) An IEEE 488 standard parallel interface used for attaching sensors and programmable instruments to a computer. Using a 24-pin connector, up to 15 devices can be daisy chained together. HP's version is the HPIB. , PXI (PCI EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1997, PXI uses the CompactPCI 3U and 6U form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement and VXI (VME EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1987, VXI uses all Eurocard form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement applications. " is available at www.agilent.com/find/LXI_backgrounder. About Agilent Open Agilent Open is a versatile combination of test system hardware, I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and software tools. It accelerates the creation of streamlined test systems that are easy to enhance and maintain by giving greater choice in measurements, connectivity and programming. Utilizing these advantages, engineering teams have more time to focus on what matters most -- the performance, reliability and delivery of their product. More information is available at www.agilent.com/find/open. About the LXI Consortium LXI is the next-generation, LAN-based modular architecture standard for automated test systems managed by the LXI Consortium, a not-for-profit corporation A not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation. made up of leading test and measurement companies. The group's goals are to develop, support and promote the LXI standard. LXI's compact, flexible package, high-speed I/O, and prolific use of LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. meet the needs of aerospace defense engineers developing radar, electronic warfare Noun 1. electronic warfare - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum EW military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" , satellite and military communications systems, as well as address a broad range of industrial and commercial applications. Additional information about the LXI consortium's product offerings, licensing, specifications and membership is available at www.lxistandard.org. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent L4400 Series switches and control instruments are priced between $1,506 and $2,800 and are available to order now. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. 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