Agilent Technologies N6700 manual Release the previous settings

Getting Started 3

To Network	To LAN Port
Interface Card (NIC)
CAT5 Crossover Cable
PC	Instrument

1If you have not already done so, install the Agilent IO Libraries Suite from the Automation-Ready CD that is shipped with your product.

2Connect the instrument to the computer using a LAN crossover cable. Alternatively, connect the computer and the instrument to a standalone hub or switch using regular LAN cables.

	Make sure your computer is configured to obtain its address from DHCP and that
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	NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Note that if the computer had been connected to a
	site LAN, it may still retain previous network settings from the site LAN. Wait one
	minute after disconnecting it from the site LAN before connecting it to the private
	LAN. This allows Windows to sense that it is on a different network and restart the
	network configuration. If you are running Windows 98, you may need to manually
	release the previous settings.
	3 The factory-shipped instrument LAN settings are configured to
	automatically obtain an IP address from a site network using a
	DHCP server. You can leave these settings as they are. Most
	Agilent products and most computers will automatically choose
	an IP address using auto-IP if a DHCP server is not present. Each
	assigns itself an IP address from the block 169.254.nnn. Note that
	this may take up to one minute. The front panel Lan indicator
	will come on when the LAN port has been configured.
	Turning off DHCP reduces the time required to fully configure a network connection
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	when the power system is turned on. To manually configure the instrument LAN
	settings, refer to “Configuring the LAN Parameters” later in this chapter.
	4 Use the Connection Expert utility of the Agilent IO Libraries
	Suite to add the N6700 power system and verify a connection. To
	add the instrument, you can request the Connection Expert to
	discover the instrument. If the instrument cannot be found, add
	the instrument using the instrument’s hostname or IP address.
	If this does not work, refer to the chapter on “Troubleshooting Guidelines” in the
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	Agilent Technologies USB/LAN/GPIB Interfaces Connectivity Guide.
	5 You can now use Interactive IO within the Connection Expert to
	communicate with your instrument, or you can program your
	instrument using the various programming environments. You
	can also use the Web browser on your computer to communicate
	with the instrument as described under “Using the Web Server”
	later in this chapter.

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