EXFO IQS-600 Integrated Qualification System - Manual (Page 129)

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7 Preparing for Automation
The IQS-600 Integrated Qualification System was designed to meet the
requirements of automation and to facilitate its integration with your test
environment.
An IQS-600 Integrated Qualification System always requires a controller
unit (IQS-605P-HS or IQS-610P-HS) to drive the instruments (optical as well
as Transport and Datacom).
Since IQS controller units are built around an Intel processor and are based
on Windows architecture, such a controller can:
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act as the system controller of an automated test setup (possibly
including third-party instruments)
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control another IQS-600 controller over an Ethernet network
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act as a PXI controller (by integrating special third-party PCI cards)