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Connecting to the Instrument via LAN Connecting to the Pulse/Pattern Generator for Remote Programming
Agilent 81133A/81134A Pulse Generator Programming Guide, March 2007 13
Connecting to the Instrument via
LAN
For connecting over the LAN, you would do have the following:
• Connect the instrument to the LAN physically.
• Configure the Agilent IO Libraries on the remote machine.
• On the user interface, either specify the LAN address or—if a
DHCP server is available—enable the DHCP. The DHCP will
automatically set up the LAN connection.
• After the connection has been established, the following
commands can be used to modify the settings:
– Enable/disable DHCP with
:SYST:COMMunicate:LAN[:SELF]:DHCP
– Set the instrument’s LAN name with
:SYST:COMMunicate:LAN[:SELF]:NAME
– Set the instrument's IP address with
:SYST:COMMunicate:LAN[:SELF]:ADDRess
– Set the instrument’s subnet mask with
:SYST:COMMunicate:LAN[:SELF]:SMASk
– Set the instrument’s gateway with
:SYST:COMMunicate:LAN[:SELF]:DGATeway
Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries
Suite 14 of the Agilent IO Libraries does not directly support
interfaces with a SICL name of “lan0”. When you add a LAN
interface, the default SICL name is “inst0”. To ensure compatability
with current code, it is recommended that you change the SICL
name to “lan0”.
To set up and configure the interface:
1 Run Agilent Connection Expert and configure your TCPIP
instrument according to the instructions provided with the
Agilent Connection Expert.
2 Close Agilent Connection Expert.