Troubleshooting guide

Using Microsoft Windows XP

Embedded Web Server: Using the X-Series Instruments Remotely

The instrument can be controlled using either the Embedded Web Server or

Windows Remote Desktop. The Embedded Web Server is a good solution when you

do not want to log into the instrument's user account. This allows you to view the

display or control the instrument, without logging the current user off. Windows

Remote Desktop must be used when the remote computer keyboard is needed as an

input device (such as for editing filenames, or setting the title.) Also, Windows

Remote Desktop generally has a faster response time.

Accessing the instrument through the Internet

It is possible to access and control the instrument through the Internet and World

Wide Web, or a local internet, using the built-in Embedded Server functionality. This

section provides details of how to use this functionality.

The instrument may also be accessed and controlled using the Windows Remote

Desktop functionality (see the section “Remote Desktop: Using the X-Series

Instruments Remotely” on page 70, for details).

The instrument Embedded Server capabilities are fully compliant with the LXI

(LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) standard.

NOTE To gain access to the instrument from the LAN, you need to know its hostname (or

IP Address). For details of how to locate this information using the instrument

Display, see “How to locate the computer name of the instrument” on page 73.

Accessing the instrument

Step Notes

1. Enter a URL corresponding to

the instrument hostname or IP

Address.

NOTE This functionality is only fully

supported when using Internet

Explorer.

In this example, the host name is

“a-n9020a-10010”.

When the

connection is

made, the

welcome page

appears.