User`s guide

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Connecting Instruments to LAN
Step 3: Connect Your Instruments
Example: Switch Connections (Private LAN)
This figure shows one way to connect a Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP PC
and LAN-enabled instruments via an Ethernet hub or switch. Suggested
connection steps follow.
1
Turn Power OFF. Remove power to instruments and the hub/switch.
2
Connect Instruments to Hub or Switch. Use standard CAT5 LAN cables
to connect each instrument to the hub or switch. See the hub or switch
documentation for connection information.
3
Turn Power ON. Apply power to the hub/switch (if not already ON) and
then to the instruments and verify proper power-on sequence. See the
instrument’s User’s Guide for information on instrument power-on
sequences.
PC
Instrument Instrument
Ethernet Hub
or Switch
See hub/switch
documentation
for connections
To Network Interface
Card (NIC)
To LAN Port on
Instruments
Standard CAT5
LAN Cable
Instrument Instrument