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Installing the E5810
Installing and Configuring the Agilent IOLibrar ies Suite
FindNow, select your E5810 from the list, and click OK to return to the
Remote RS-232 Serial Interface dialog box.
6In the Remote RS-232 Serial Interface dialog box, click Test connection to
check connectivity to your E5810. If the test is success ful , you will s ee
the message The interface was successfully opened. Click OK to close
the dialog box. You will see the new remote serial interface in the
Connection Expert’s explorer view.
7To establish communication with a serial instrument connected to your
E5810, you will need to add this instrument manually in Connection
Expert. (Connection Expert cannot auto-discover serial devices.) In the
main Connection Expert window, click Add Instrument. In the Add
Instrument dialog box, select the remote serial interface that you just
added and click OK. In the RS-232 Serial Instrument dialog box, leave
Auto-identify this instrument checked if your instrument responds to the
*IDN? query, and click OK. The instrument will appear in the Connection
Expert’s explorer view, and if it responds to the *IDN? query, its
identification information will appear in the properties pane.