Installing the System

2

To configure the LAN/GPIB gateway for functional verification

If your system includes an Agilent E5810A LAN/GPIB gateway, follow these steps to configure the LAN/GPIB gateway in order to verify the functionality of the performance modeling system.

N O T E

This procedure explains how to configure IC-CAP to use the default

LAN/GPIB gateway server IP address in order to verify the

 

 

functionality of the performance modeling system.

 

 

After functional verification, contact your corporate IT professional and ask for a permanent server IP address assignment for the LAN/GPIB gateway. For instructions on changing the server IP address, see the LAN/GPIB gateway installation and configuration guide.

To configure the LAN/GPIB gateway

Step

Action

Notes

 

 

 

20 Start the IC-CAP

PC version:

• This starts IC-CAP and opens the

software.*

a Select Start > Programs > IC-CAP 2004 >

IC-CAP/Status and IC-CAP/Main

 

IC-CAP.

windows.

 

UNIX version:

 

 

a Open a UNIX terminal window.

 

 

b At the prompt, type iccap.

 

 

c Press Enter.

 

21Add the interface to the IC-CAP Hardware Setup.

a From the IC-CAP/Main window menu bar,

• This opens the IC-CAP/Hardware

choose Tools > Hardware Setup... .†

Setup window.

b Below the HP-IB Interface group box, click

• This opens the Add HP-IB dialog box.

Add Interface.

• This configures the LAN/GPIB

c In the Add HP-IB Interface dialog box, enter

gateway (with its default server

lan[192.0.0.192]:hpib.

address) as the performance modeling

d Click OK.

system GPIB interface.

*To familiarize yourself with the IC-CAP software, refer to the first three chapters of the Agilent IC-CAP 2004 User’s Guide, model number 85190D.

†If there is an existing IC-CAP interface (for example, HP-IB), select the existing interface and click Delete Interface before continuing to the next action.

This completes the installation process. To confirm the functionality of the system, continue to Chapter 3, “Verifying System Functionality,” starting on page 91.

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85225F specifications

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