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Connecting to the Serial BERT
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To communicate with the Serial BERT from a remote computer, the Agilent IO
Libraries Suite must be installed on this computer.
The following descriptions only provide you with the information you need from the
Serial BERT. For complete instructions on how to establish connections to the Serial
BERT, refer to the user documentation delivered with the Agilent IO Libraries Suite.
The Agilent IO Libraries Suite offers the following possibilities for remotely
connecting to and controlling the Serial BERT:
The Serial BERT's network settings are managed by the operating system. You can
use the IPCONFIG command in the command window to get the network settings.
The steps for setting up the network connection are OS-dependent (Serial
BERT's OS is Windows XP). Contact your network administrator if you need help
in defining the network settings.
To connect to the Serial BERT via GPIB, you have to have the Serial BERT's GPIB
address.
The address is displayed on the user interface. The default address is 14. See the
online Help for details on how to set the GPIB address.
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When setting the GPIB address, it is recommended that you do not use the GPIB
address 21. This address is reserved for GPIB controllers.
The Serial BERT has a USB port on the rear of the instrument that you can use to
connect it to a PC. This is the non-flat USB port below the GPIB port.
To connect to the Serial BERT via USB, you need the Serial BERT's USB ID. You
can either use the full VISA resource string or assign an alias. See the Agilent IO
Libraries Suite documentation for details.
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LAN
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