B1542A Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Keysight Technologies – Renew Your B1500A/B1505A Device Analyzer Mainframe for the Latest Windows and PC Configuration

Keysight Technologies
Renew Your B1500A/B1505A Device Analyzer
Mainframe for the Latest Windows and PC
Configuration
The platform upgrade improves PC performance
of your B1500A/B1505A
The platform upgrade option can renew your mainframe PC
configuration to the latest configuration. In addition to the WES7
upgrade, it replaces the key components; CPU, motherboard
with Gigabit Ethernet, memory, HDD and front panel assembly.
Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Embed-
ded Standard 7 for the support end
The support of Windows XP is planned to end in April, 2014. For
the IT security and support reasons, many companies strongly
request to upgrade the Windows XP-based test instrument. Now
two upgrade options are available to achieve the migration from
Windows XP to Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) for the
Keysight Technologies, Inc. B1500A and B1505A.
One option is to buy B150xAU-WN7 to just upgrade the OS from
Windows XP to WES7 of your B1500A/B1505A. This is a low-cost
choice for the upgrade, but it is only available for the mainframe
that is upgradeable without any hardware replacement.
Since it was introduced in 2005, the mainframe PC performance
continues to be improved. For users of early date B1500A, this
PC platform upgrade can improve the software task and provide
better user experience.
Although the performance improvement deeply depends on both
of the mainframe PC configuration and software task, some of
the tasks are improved by more than 20%, even comparing to the
previous PC platform.
VGA port on rear panel for an external display
Furthermore, the platform upgrade adds a VGA port on the
rear panel. It provides the flexibility to use an external display.
Note that the location of the VGA port is different between the
upgrade and a newly shipped mainframe.
Another option is to buy B150xAU-PC1 to upgrade the PC plat-
form of CPU, motherboard, HDD, memory, etc. in addition to the
OS. This does not only comply with the IT requirements, but it
also improves total computing performance and user experience.
This is available for all mainframes.
Addition of a VGA port is a part of the platform upgrade.