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Using the LAN Interface 2
Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz 35
The Standard UNIX Telnet Command
Synopsis
telnet [host [port]]
Description
This command is used to communicate with another host using the Telnet protocol. When
the command telnet is invoked with host or port arguments, a connection is opened
to the host, and input is sent from the user to the host.
Options and Parameters
The command telnet operates in character-at-a-time or line-by-line mode. In line-by-line
mode, typed text is echoed to the screen. When the line is completed (by pressing the Enter
key), the text line is sent to host. In character-at-a-time mode, text is echoed to the screen
and sent to host as it is typed. At the UNIX prompt, type man telnet to view the options
and parameters available with the telnet command.
If your Telnet connection is in line-by-line mode, there is no local echo. This means you
cannot see the characters you are typing until you press the Enter key. To remedy this,
change your Telnet connection to character-by-character mode. Escape out of Telnet, and at
the telnet> prompt, type mode char. If this does not work, consult your Telnet
program's documentation.
UNIX Telnet Example
1 To connect to the instrument with host name myInstrument and port number 5023,
enter the following command on the command line: telnet myInstrument 5023.
2 When you connect to the N8211A/N8212A, the UNIX window will display a welcome
message and a SCPI command prompt. The instrument is now ready to accept your SCPI
commands. As you type SCPI commands, query results appear on the next line.
3 When you are finished, break the Telnet connection using an escape character. For
example, Ctrl-],where the control key and the “]” are pressed at the same time.
The following example shows Telnet commands:
$ telnet myinstrument 5023
Trying....
Connected to N8211A/N8212A
Escape character is ‘^]’.
Agilent Technologies, N821xA SN-US00000001
IP: 199.198.197.201 (Note: Do not confuse this address with the instrument address.)
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