Ushiba, Aso

We found that the signal generators used for ALS PLL cannot be controled from the front panel.
This is because they are set to the Remote mode.
The problem is that they are set to the "Local lockout" state.
In this sate, even pressing the "Local" button on the panel does not return the control to local.
You either need to power cycle the instrument or change the lockout state from remote.

We could not find a way to turn off the lockout state remotely.
However, we can control the signal generators from remote, such as turning the RF output on and off.

For future reference, we explain the procedure here.

Proxy setup for pico net

Since the signal generators are connected to the pico network, you need to set up an SSH port forward and proxy.

1. Open a terminal and type in the following command
ssh -D 1080 controls@k1script1

2. After you login to k1script1, open Firefox

3. Go to the Proxy setting and set SOCKS host to "localhost" with port number 1080.

Connect to the web interface of the signal generators

For ALS-X, open 10.68.160.65 with Firefox.

For ALS-Y, open 10.68.160.66. 

Click on "Signal Generator Web Control"

You will see an input field called "SCPI command". You can use this field to control the generator remotely.

Turning on and off the RF output

Send the following command to turn off the RF output.

:OUTP OFF

The next command will turn on the RF output

:OUTP ON

References

For available commands, please refer to the SCPI command reference

https://www.keysight.com/us/en/assets/9018-04965/programming-guides/9018-04965.pdf

Here is the list of documents for E8663D PSG.

https://www.keysight.com/us/en/support/E8663D/psg-rf-analog-signal-generator-100-khz-9-ghz.html