User`s guide

Chapter 2 63
Installing the E5810A
Installing and Configuring Agilent IO Libraries Suite
Configuring a Remote GPIB Interface
This section shows the steps to configure a remote GPIB interface, which
is a logical interface on the client PC that supports communication with GPIB
instruments on your E5810. If you do not have GPIB instruments connected
to your E5810, but do have an RS-232 instrument connected, skip this
section and go to “Configuring a Remote Serial Interface” on page 65.
1 Click the Agilent IO Control icon (IO icon on the Windows taskbar
notification area) and click
Agilent Connection Expert to display the
Connection Expert utility’s main window.
2 Click Add an interface on the Connection Expert toolbar.
3 In the Manually Add an Interface dialog box, select Remote GPIB
interface
and click Add. The Remote GPIB Interface dialog will appear.
4 Specify the TCPIP interface that you wish to use to host this remote
interface, in the
TCPIP interface ID: field. This must be an interface that
is already configured on your system; by default, a LAN interface