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Connecting Instruments to LAN 5
Agilent Connectivity Guide 107
1 Enter a range of legitimate IP addresses for Connection Expert to
search. In general, keep the search range as narrow as possible.
a. Alternately, select the Generate Address Range button. This
opens the following dialog (Figure 34).
Enter a hostname or IP address of a computer or other device on
the same network as the instrument you want to locate. For
example, if you know that the instrument is part of a system
connected to SysTest1 computer (where SysTest1 is a device
hostname), enter SysTest1 in the Hostname field. Click the
Calculate Addresses button to calculate a range of addresses.
Click OK to populate the range in the Search screen.
2 Once you have a range of address in the Search screen, click the
Search for Instruments button. Any instruments in that IP address
range populate the Instruments window in the Search screen.
3 Click the Select check box for each instrument you want to include
as part of your test system. Click the OK button to verify each
selected instrument and add it to the Connection Expert Explorer
Pane. All added instruments are listed in Connection Expert as
shown in “Newly Added LAN Instrument in Connection Expert” on
page 112. Proceed to “Step 4: Communicate with Instruments” on
page 114
Figure 34 Generate Address Range Dialog