Technical data
Agilent Connectivity Guide 5
USB Troubleshooting Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
USB Hardware Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
USB Software Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Agilent IO Libraries Suite Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5 Connecting Instruments to LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
LAN Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on
Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Step 2: Connect LAN Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Network Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Directly Connect Instrument to Computer . . . . . . 93
Private Instrument Subnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Private Instrument Subnet on Corporate Intranet . 95
Open Instrument Subnet of Corporate Intranet . . . 96
Corporate Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Across the WAN -- Using the Internet . . . . . . . . . 98
General Issues with LAN Configuration . . . . . . . . 99
Step 3: Run Agilent Connection Expert . . . . . . . . . 102
Add and Configure LAN Instruments . . . . . . . . . 103
Step 4: Communicate with Instruments . . . . . . . . . . 114
Communicate with Instruments Using Telnet . . . 117
Add a LAN interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting LAN Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
LAN Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Network Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Agilent IO Libraries Suite Checks . . . . . . . . . . . 130