User`s guide

50 Agilent 34980A Mainframe User’s Guide
2 Getting Started
4
Press EXIT MENU, which saves any changes and defaults all other
parameters in the Utility menu.
5 From the Utility menu, navigate to the LAN SETTINGS choice and
select VIEW. Using the flow diagram ON page 49 as a guide, view the
instrument's IP address and other LAN settings. Write down the IP
address in the space below:
34980A IP Address: ___________________________
6 Press EXIT MENU.
7 Now you can use the integrated 34980A Web Browser Interface to
access and control the instrument. See “Launching the Web Interface”
on page 54 for more information.
8 If you plan to program the instrument over LAN using other software
(e.g. Agilent IO Libraries Suite, BenchLink Data Logger Pro):
• Make sure you have installed the required I/O software on your
computer.
• If you will be using the Agilent IO Libraries Suite, use its
Connection Expert utility to add the 34980A and verify a
connection. When identifying the instrument, it is easiest if you use
the IP address noted in step 5 above.
• For an overview on programming instruments via LAN, refer to the
Connectivity Guide.