User Manual

The menu system

Use the IP Selec

tion Method menu, to opt for a dynamically assigned IP address,

by selecting Set IP using DHCP,oraﬁ xed/static IP address by selecting Fix IP

Address. To view t he current IP settings, press

andscrolltothebottom

of the menu.

To conﬁgure the static IP address, choose Static IP Settings in the Ethernet

Setup menu.

This allows entry of the IP address, the subnet mask and the default

gateway. After entering the relevant data press

, in each m enu, to apply.

For basic communication needs via TCP/IP, refer the information available from

National Instruments at (https://www.ni.com/visa).

The Ethernet mode (Static/DHCP), IP address, default gateway and subnet mask

are unchanged after a “*RST” or “:DVC” command.

Dead socket connection. Thedeadsockettermination(DST)port5030isusedto

terminate an existing Ethernet connection. A dead socket is a socket that is held

open by the instrument because it has not been properly closed. This most often

happens when the host computer is turned off or restarted without ﬁrst c losing the

socket. This port cannot be used for command and control functions.

Use the dead socket termination port to manually disconnect a dead session on an

open p ort. An existing Ethernet connection will be terminated and closed when

the c

onnection to the dea d socket termination port is made.

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