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LXI Consortium’s Fourth PlugFest Shows Growth in Compliant Products

SAN DIEGO, CA, March 6, 2006

The LXI Consortium held its fourth PlugFest event last month to help member companies begin verifying compliance with the LXI specification. A variety of products from Agilent Technologies, Keithley Instruments, Rohde & Schwarz, and Symmetricom were tested in key areas of the specification including LAN functionality, Web interface, programming API, and hardware triggering. The event, which took place Feb. 14-16 in Irvine, CA, was attended by 46 members of the LXI Consortium.

“With a solid spec in place, this fourth PlugFest showed our collective shift in focus toward helping members implement the spec and verify their products for compliance,” said Bob Rennard, LXI Consortium president. “It’s exciting to see the increasing depth and breadth of test equipment that is on track for LXI certification.”

According to Jon Semancik, vice president and treasurer of the LXI Consortium, “A major highlight of the event was the development of an LXI-based multivendor demonstration. The cooperation and collaboration of our worldwide member companies is rapidly advancing the creation and delivery of LXI.”

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 comprised 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 use of LAN meet the needs of aerospace/defense engineers developing radar, electronic warfare, and satellite and military communications systems and 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.


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