Agilent Technologies E4406A VSA manual Connecting to a LAN Server

Preparing for Use

Connecting to a LAN Server

Connecting to a LAN Server

Connect a cable to the standard LAN connector on the rear panel of the instrument. The LAN can then be used several different ways:

•To ftp files from the instrument

•To use telnet to send SCPI commands

•To use sockets to send SCPI commands

•To use as a SICL server emulating IEEE 488.2 GPIB

Several LAN parameters can be queried from the front panel key menus by pressing System, Config I/O and then pressing the appropriate keys. Configuration of some LAN parameters can only be done from the front panel. The IP address can be set/queried remotely using SYST:COMM:LAN:IP. The LAN default configuration settings do not usually have to be changed for you to use the functionality. More detailed LAN use and troubleshooting information can be found in Chapter 2 , “Programming Fundamentals.”

The different types of LAN functionality can be turned on and off from the front panel keys under System, Config I/O. If you are running programs on the analyzer, you might want to turn off the other types of LAN access to make sure other users don’t accidentally send commands to your analyzer in the middle of the program execution.

Pressing Preset will not change the LAN configuration settings. Since they are persistent they will stay at the last user-defined setting. However, you can return the instrument to its original factory defaults by pressing System, Restore Sys Defaults. If you want to use the LAN after restoring defaults, you will have to re-set the instrument IP address (and any other appropriate configuration settings) found in System, Config I/O.

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