42 6000 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide
1Getting Started
To establish a point-to-point LAN connection

Stand-alone connection to a PC

The following procedure describes how to establish a
point-to-point (stand alone) connection to the oscilloscope. This
is useful if you want to control the oscilloscope using a laptop
computer or a stand-alone computer.
1Install Agilent I/O Libraries Suite from the CD that was
supplied with t he oscillosco pe. If you do not h ave the CD you
can download the I/O Libraries Suite from
www.agilent.com/find/iolib.
2Connect your PC to the oscilloscope using a cross-over LAN
cable. (The 5061-0701 LAN crossover cable is supplied with
6000L Series oscilloscopes.)
3Switch on the oscilloscope power. Wait until the LAN
connection is configured:
On 6000A Series oscilloscopes, press Utility & I/O and wait
until the LAN status shows “configured”.
On 6000L Series oscilloscopes, the LAN indicator
illuminates green when the LAN connection is configured.
This may take a few minutes.
4Start the Agilent Connection Expert application from the
Agilent I/O Libraries Suite program group.
5When the Agilent Connection Expert application is
displayed, select Refresh All.
6Right Click LAN and select Add Instrument.
7In the Add Instrument window, the LAN line should be
highlighted; select OK.
8In the LAN Instrument window, select Find Instruments…
9In the Search for instruments on the LAN window, LAN and
Look up hostnames should be checked.
10 Select the Find Now key. (NOTE: It may take up to three
minutes before the instrument is found. If the instrument is
not found the first time, wait about one minute and try
again.)