Agilent Technologies E5810A manual E5810 Hardware Description, Typical Network Connections

E5810 Description

E5810 Hardware Description

E5810 Hardware Description

The E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows provides a gateway between network-equipped computer systems and GPIB and/or RS-232 based instruments. This section provides an overview of E5810 hardware, including:

Typical Network Connections

Front Panel Features

Rear Panel Features

Power-On and Default Settings

￿Rack Mount Kit (Optional)

Typical Network Connections

Enterprise Network Connections

The E5810 can be connected to an Enterprise (corporate) network, to a Local network (isolated LAN), or directly to a PC and can be connected to as many as 14 GPIB instruments and/or to one RS-232 instrument. The E5810 allows I/O applications to obtain measurement data either locally or remotely from GPIB and/or RS-232 instrumentation. The following figures show typical network and direct PC connections to an E5810.

In a typical Enterprise (corporate) network, the E5810 is connected to the network by a router or switch. For this configuration, the E5810 is visible to the Enterprise network.

Enterprise Network Connections
To Enterprise	Typically Router	E5810	GPIB Instruments
Network	or Switch
		LAN GPIB RS232	GPIB Ports
			GPIB
		GPIB
	LAN	To RS-232
	Patch
		Instrument
	Cables

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