Agilent Technologies E5810A manual

Agil ent E 581 0A LAN/G PIB Ga tewa y for W in dows ® User ’ s Guide[...]

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Contents 3 Content s E5810A LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows User’s G uide Fro nt M atter ... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... ... .. ..... .. ..... ..... .... ... .. ..... .. ..... ..... .... .. 7 Warr a n ty In fo r m a ti on .... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ....... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. .... 7 U.S. Gove rn men t Restrict ed Right s .. [...]

Contents 4 Open the Instrum ent Page .................................. .................. 61 Instrument Page Functions ................................. ....... ........... 62 Installing a nd Configuring the A gilent I O Librari es Suite................64 Confi g u r i ng a Remote GPIB Inte rf a ce. .. .. ... ....... .66 Confi gur i ng a Remote Se[...]

Contents 5 Chapter 5 - E5810 Specifications ... ................... ................ ................. 1 33 Speci fic a t ions a nd Su p ple men tary Info rma ti o n .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. 1 35 Supported Netwo rk Protocols ............................ ........................ 1 38 Chapte r 6 - Using th e Tel net Ut il ity ..... .. .. ..[...]

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7 Fr ont Matt er Notice The in formation contained in t his doc ument is subject to cha nge without notice. Agilent T ech nologies shall not be liable for any err ors contained in this document . Agilent T echnologies makes no warranties of any kind with regard to this d ocument, wh ether express or im plied. Agil ent T echnologies specif ically di[...]

8 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and CEN/CENELEC EN 45014 Manufacturer’s Name: Agilent Technologies, Incorporated Manufacturer’s Address: 815 – 14 th St. SW Loveland, CO 80537 USA Declares under sole responsibility that the product as originally delivered Product Name: LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows Model Number: E5810A[...]

9 ICES St atem ent This ISM device complies with Cana dian ICES-001. Cet appareil ISM est conforme à la norme NMB-001 du Canada. Safe ty Sym b ol s W ARNINGS The following general safety precautions mu st be observed during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this product. Failure to comply with these prec autions or with specific warn[...]

10 Keep aw ay f rom live circui ts : O perating personne l must not remo ve equipmen t covers or s h ields. Procedures involving the remov al of covers or shields are for use by service-trained personnel only . Under certai n conditions, dangerous v oltages may exist even with the equipment switc hed off . T o avoid dan gerous electrical sho ck, DO[...]

11 Co pyr ight Info rmatio n Agilent T echn ologi es E5810A LAN/G PIB Gate way for Windows User ’s Gui de Copyright © 2002-2007 Agilent T echn ologies, Inc. All ri ghts reserved. Manual Part Number: E5810 -90001 T rade mar k Inf o r m ati on Windows ® is U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Suppo rt Info rmati on Support informa[...]

12 User ’ s Guide Info rmat ion Thi s Agilent E5810A LA N/GPIB Gateway for Windows Use r ’s Guide describes installation, conf iguration, a nd use of a n E581 0A LAN/ GPIB Gateway for Windows that is connected to an Enterprise (corporate) network, to a Local Network, or directly to a PC. URL Descript ion www .a gilent.com/f ind/assist Agilent T[...]

13 What’s in This Guid e? A listing of the guide c ontents fo llows. Acces sing an Elec troni c Co py of This Guide There are three wa ys y ou ca n access a n el ectronic (.pdf) version of this guide , as follows . Y ou w ill need Adobe A c robat R eader V ersion 3.0 or later to view the e lectronic version. Access Fro m the E5810 Web Access . Af[...]

14 Access fr om the Web. On your Web browser address line, type: www.agilent.com/find/manuals and n avigate t o the E5810 manual. E581 0 Rel ated Doc um en t at i on S uggest ed docume ntation you can use for E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows operat ion with the li sted I/O ap plication software products follow . After the Agile nt IO Li braries S[...]

1 E581 0 De scrip tion[...]

16 Chapter 1 E5810 Description This chapt er g ives guideli nes to install, configure, and t roubleshoot the E5810 LAN/GP IB Gateway for Windows (E5810) for use with supp orted, network-equippe d comput er syst ems, inc luding: E5810 Hardware Description E5810 Software/Firmware[...]

Chapter 1 17 E5810 Description E581 0 Ha rdware Description E5810 Hardware Description The E5810 LAN/GP IB Gateway for Windows provides a gateway between network-equippe d computer syst ems and GPI B and/or RS-232 based instruments. This section pro vides an overview of E581 0 ha rdware, including: T ypical Network Connections Front Pan el Feat ure[...]

18 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Hard ware Description Lo cal Ne t work Conne ctions T ypicall y , a hub or switch is used f or local network configuration. A cable/ DSL router may be used t o provide a DHCP Server . For ty pical direct connections from a PC to the E5810, a c rosso ver cabl e i s connected from the E5810 LAN port t o a LA N c a[...]

Chapter 1 19 E5810 Description E581 0 Ha rdware Description Fr on t Panel F eatu res This section describes the E5810 front panel features, Front Panel Dis pl ay/L E Ds This f igure shows E581 0 front panel functi ons. NOTE The Host name, if d etected, is display ed on the first line of the E58 10 front panel displ ay . The IP A ddress o f the E581[...]

20 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Hard ware Description Ty p i c a l P o w e r - O n Sequ ence This figure shows major steps in a t ypical power-on sequen ce for an E5810 that is con nected to a ne twork that supports Dyna mic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name Serv ice (DNS). If the net work does not support DHCP and/or DNS, the[...]

Chapter 1 21 E5810 Description E581 0 Ha rdware Description Pow er-O n (Def ault) Sett ings When pow er is f irst applied to the E5810 and the hardware self-test has completed, the E58 10 is initialized to the f actory -se t default configuration. This table show s the default configuration parame ter settings for the E58 10. The E5810 uses these d[...]

22 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Hard ware Description D epr es s an d Ho l d th e Pr es et Bu tt on (>10 S eco n ds )* * Dep res s an d Qui ckl y (<10 sec on ds ) Rel ease th e Pr ese t B ut to n * - The E5 810 pas sword is tem por arily r eset t o its f ac tor y defa ult ( E58 10) . - All othe r c onf igu rat ion p ar ame ters r em ai n[...]

Chapter 1 23 E5810 Description E581 0 Ha rdware Description Re ar P anel Fe at ures This figure shows t he rear panel feat ures o f the E5810 . Ra ck Mou nt Kit (Opt i ona l ) As desired, you can mount up to two E5810 in a standard EIA rack using t he E5810 Ra ck Moun t Kit (E5810 Opt 100 or E5810-0010 0). The E581 0 is one standard half-rack unit [...]

24 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are E5810 Sof tware/Firmware The E 5810 LA N/GPIB Gateway for Win dows p rovides an interface (gateway) that allows n etworked c omputers to talk or listen to GPIB and/or RS-232 devices via Local Area Network (LAN) connec tions. The E5810 connects a network (Enterprise or L ocal) from PCs w ith Wi[...]

Chapter 1 25 E5810 Description E58 10 So f tware/ Firmwar e E581 0 Op er ati ng Fea ture s Feature Descr iption Re m o t e a c ce ss to instruments vi a LAN Acces s and control up to 14 GPIB and/or one RS-232 instrument via a 10BASE- T/ 100BASE-TX Ethern et. The E5810 detec ts the n etwo rk and configu res itself to the appropriate speed. The E5810[...]

26 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are T yp ic al Net work Oper at io n The E5810 provides a network gateway between net work-equippe d computer systems and GPIB and/o r RS-232 based instrumen ts. The gateway e nables users to obtain m easurement data ei ther locally or remotely from GPIB and/or RS-232 instruments. See “T ypical [...]

Chapter 1 27 E5810 Description E58 10 So f tware/ Firmwar e Sof tware /Fi rmwar e Archi tectu re T o pro gram instruments from your PC via the E 5810 us ing a programm ing language such as C o r Visual B asic, you m ust install an d configu re the Agilent IO Libraries S uite on the c lient P C. Cli en t Sy st em Arch itec tur e As shown in t h e fo[...]

28 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are How IO Applic atio n Soft wa r e Work s With t he E 5810 Before trying to perform an I/O application operation on the E5810 GPIB interface and the GPIB bus, the Remote IO Client software in the cl ient computer system establishes a network connect ion to the remot e I/O serv er (the E5810 ). O[...]

Chapter 1 29 E5810 Description E58 10 So f tware/ Firmwar e T y pic al Net wor k IP Ad dre ssi ng This section describes typical Ente rprise network IP addresses and subnet addresses on the network. This figure shows a typical E n terprise network, consisting of a Router (Gateway), a corporate Dy n amic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server , a[...]

30 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are Subn et Addre ss ing A Subne t Mask is used to determine to which subnet an IP address belongs. An IP address has two components: the network address and the host address. For example, assu ming IP address 156 .215.1 17 .109 is p a rt of a Class B network, t h e first t wo numbe rs (156.215) r[...]

Chapter 1 31 E5810 Description E58 10 So f tware/ Firmwar e Com mu ni cat in g wit h t he E 58 10 There are two ways you can com municate w it h the E5810 v ia a network: use the E5810 Web access or u se a supported program ming langua ge w ith the Agilent IO Libraries Sui te. Using the E581 0 W eb A ccess Agil ent IO Li braries A re Not Require d [...]

32 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are Using E 5810 Web Acce ss Since the E5810 is Web-enabled , you can commu nicate with the E5810 from a supported Web browser . T he E581 0 supports Internet Explorer 4.0 o r higher and Netscape Navigator 4.7 an d higher . T yping in t he E5 810 IP address (or E5810 hostnam e, if known) on your W[...]

Chapter 1 33 E5810 Description E58 10 So f tware/ Firmwar e Using a S uppor ted Prog rammi ng Langua ge T o us e appl ications that require t he A gilent IO Li braries, you mu st install and configure the Agilent IO Libraries Suite on each PC to be used for programm ing. Then, you can program conn ected instruments usi ng a supported program ming l[...]

34 Chapter 1 E5810 Description E5810 Software/Firmw are Notes:[...]

2 Ins t al ling the E5 810[...]

36 Chapter 2 Inst allin g the E5810 This chapter sho ws s uggested steps to install the Agilent E58 10 L AN/GPIB Gateway for Windows on LAN networks for W indows PC s, including: Installation Fl o wchart Before Y ou Install the E5810 Ge t ti n g N etw o rk In for m a t i o n Configuring the E5810 on a Local Network Installi ng the E 5810 o n an Ent[...]

Chapter 2 37 Installing the E58 10 Instal lation Flo wchart Inst allation F lowchart This f igure shows s ugges ted steps to install and c onfig ure an E 5810 on an Enterprise or Local network. See the next page for more details. Get Network In f or m at io n DHCP En te rp ri se N e tw o rk non- DHCP Ente r pr is e N etwor k Lo ca l Netw or k Insta[...]

38 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Installa ti on Fl ow c ha rt Y ou can install the E5810 on an E nterprise (corporate) network tha t supports Dynamic H ost Configurati on Protocol (DHCP), an Enterprise ne twork that does not support DHCP , or a Local network. Instal l ing t he E5810 on a DH CP Ente rp ris e N et wor k See these sections to install[...]

Chapter 2 39 Installing the E58 10 Before Y o u Inst al l the E58 10 Before Y ou Inst al l the E5810 Before you connect the E5810 to a network, you should: Check Ship ment Items Check Sy stem Require ments Rack M ount the E5810 (Optiona l) Ch eck Sh ip men t I t ems In ad d i ti o n to th i s E5810 LAN/GPI B Gateway for Windows User ’s Guide , yo[...]

40 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Before Y ou I nst all the E5810 Ch ec k Sy st em Re qu ir em en t s Before you install the E5810 on a network, you should verify that your syste m meet s the minimum hardw are an d software requirements listed to install and use the A gilent I O Librari es Suite with the E5810. Addi ng additional RAM may improve ov[...]

Chapter 2 41 Installing the E58 10 Before Y o u Inst al l the E58 10 Rac k- Moun t th e E 5810 (O pt iona l) As desired, you can mount up to two E5810s in a single standard EIA rack space using the E58 10 Ra ck M ount Kit (E 5810 Option 1 00 or E5810-001 00). The E5810 is one standard hal f-rack unit wide and one standard rack unit high. See the E5[...]

42 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Getting Netw ork Information Getting N etwork Informati on This section gives guidelines to get information about Enterprise and Local networks, as app licable to you r requi rements. Ge tting E nter pri se Net wo rk Info rm atio n Before you conne ct t he E5810 to an Enterprise (corporate) network, you will need t[...]

Chapter 2 43 Installing the E58 10 Getting Network I nformation E5 810 Ge ne ral In for mat ion ( Com plete d by E5810 User ) (Serial Num be r and E the rnet (MAC) Ha rdware Ad dre ss on lab el o n und ers ide of E581 0) Seri al Nu m ber: _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ ______ E ther net (M AC ) H ardwa re Ad dres s : _____ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ __[...]

44 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk Configuring the E 5810 on a Local N etwork This ste p gives guidelines to con figure an E5810 on a Local network f or eventual operation in a non-DHCP Enterprise network or in a L ocal network operation, including: What is a Loc al Netw ork? Connecting the E581 0 to a L o[...]

Chapter 2 45 Installing the E58 10 Configu ring the E5810 on a Local Network Local Network C onnect ions ( Multiple P Cs can Communic ate wit h the E58 10) LAN GPI B RS23 2 E5810 Ty pi ca ll y H u b or Sw it ch GP IB In st ru men ts To RS-232 Inst rument LA N Patc h Cable GPIB GPIB GPIB GPIB LAN GPIB RS2 32 E5810 GPIB In str ume nts To RS -23 2 In [...]

46 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk Co nne cti ng the E 581 0 t o a Lo ca l Net work This sec tion shows how to con nect the E581 0 to a Lo cal n etwork us ing an Ethernet hub/switch or a cros sover cab le. E581 0 Hub/ Switc h Conne ctions T his figure shows typical E5810 Ethe rnet hub or switch connections[...]

Chapter 2 47 Installing the E58 10 Configu ring the E5810 on a Local Network E581 0 Cros sover Cabl e Con nec tion s This figure shows typical E581 0 connections using a crossov er cable. Since the E5810 has no AC Power switch, the Mains disconnect for the E5810 is to unplug the AC power cord from the AC out let. For this configuration, only one PC[...]

48 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk Apply Pow er to t he E581 0 Afte r connect ing the E 5810 to a Local ne twork, pl ug the E5810 AC p ower cord into an AC o utlet and observe the power-on seque nce. Whe n the power-on sequen ce is complete, the default IP address of the E5810 is displayed on t he se cond [...]

Chapter 2 49 Installing the E58 10 Configu ring the E5810 on a Local Network Co nfi g uring th e E5 81 0 for Loc al N et work Oper atio n This section gives guidelines to configure the E5810 on a Local network. This section applies if you plan to configure the E5810 for eventual instal lation on a non-DHCP Ent erprise network or plan to configure t[...]

50 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk Conf iguring the E581 0 fo r E nterp rise Netw ork Opera tion Y ou can chec k or set E5810 conf iguration parameters using the E5810 Web access that is accessed from your Web browser (I nternet Explo rer 4.0 or higher or Netscape Navigator 4 .7 or h igher). The steps to s[...]

Chapter 2 51 Installing the E58 10 Configu ring the E5810 on a Local Network 2 Displ ay the Current Confi gurati on Page. From the Welcom e page, cl ick th e View & Modi fy Conf igurat ion icon to display the Cur rent Confi gurati on of E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway page 3 Displ ay the Modify Configur ation Page . Fr om the Current Configur ation of E[...]

52 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk If the default p assword (E5 810) is being used, the password is disp layed as asteri sks (* ****). If not, type in the c urrent password. Then, cli ck th e Submit bu tton to display the Confi guring Y our E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway page. 4 Set E5810 fo r Enterpri se Netwo rk[...]

Chapter 2 53 Installing the E58 10 Configu ring the E5810 on a Local Network IP Addr ess Assignment Enterpr ise Netw ork Suppo rt s DHCP No action required. The E5810 aut om atically receives an IP address from the network DHCP Server . Enter prise Network Does Not Suppor t DHCP Click DH CP OFF and enter the values provided by the System A dministr[...]

54 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Configuring th e E581 0 on a Local Netwo rk Ex am pl e : Conf iguring the E581 0 This example shows one way to se t various E5810 parameters on the Confi guring your E581 0 LAN/GPIB Gateway p age , assuming t he E nterprise network to w hich the E5810 will be connected does not support DHCP or DNS. Since the networ[...]

Chapter 2 55 Installing the E58 10 Installing the E 5810 o n an Enterp rise Network Inst allin g the E 5810 on an Enterprise Networ k This step gives guidelines to install an E5810 on an Enterprise network. Conn ec ting th e E5 810 to the Ne two rk This figure shows typical E5810 connections to an Enterp rise network. Y ou can conne ct up to 14 GPI[...]

56 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling the E5810 on an Enterp rise Network After connecting the E5810 to the Enterprise network, plug the E5810 AC power cord into an AC o utlet and observe the power-on sequenc e. When the power-on sequence is complete, the assigned IP address of the E5810 is displayed on the second line of the front panel di[...]

Chapter 2 57 Installing the E58 10 Installing the E 5810 o n an Enterp rise Network For exampl e, if the def ault IP addres s of 169.254. 58.10 is disp layed on the E5810 fr ont panel, typing htt p://169.254.58.1 0 on y our Web browser a ddress line and pressing Enter displays the E5810 Welcome page. The following f igure shows a typical display .[...]

58 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling the E5810 on an Enterp rise Network 2 Displ ay the Current Confi gurati on Page. from the Welcom e page, click th e View & Modi fy Conf igurat ion icon to display the Cur rent Confi gurati on of E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway page 3 Displ ay the Modify Configu ration Page . Fr om the Current Configur ation [...]

Chapter 2 59 Installing the E58 10 Installing the E 5810 o n an Enterp rise Network[...]

60 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling the E5810 on an Enterp rise Network 4 Set E5810 fo r DHCP Enterpris e Network Operat ion. F or an Enterprise network that suppo rts DHCP , the onl y values you ma y need t o set are the Hostname and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) settings, as provided to you by your System Administrator , on t he Config[...]

Chapter 2 61 Installing the E58 10 V eri f yi n g Inst rume nt Com m u ni c a ti o n V e rifying Instrumen t Comm unicati on The last step in inst alling and configuring the E5810 is to verify communi cation from your PC t o up t o 14 connec ted G PIB ins truments and/ or one RS -232 instrument v ia the E 58 10 Web ac cess. Se e Chapte r 3 - Using [...]

62 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 V erify in g Instru ment Co mmun ic a tio n Ins trume nt Pag e F unc t ions From the Find and Contr ol I nstrument s Connect ed to your E5810 p ag e, you can check instrumen t c ommunica tion, send command/queri es, and do other functions. Chec king Inst rume nt Com munica tion T o check instrument communi cation, [...]

Chapter 2 63 Installing the E58 10 V eri f yi n g Inst rume nt Com m u ni c a ti o n Wh ere to Go Next If you w ant to program instrumen ts from your PC. Go to “Installing and Configuring the Agil e nt IO L ibraries Suite” on pa g e 6 4. If you do no t want to pro gram i nst ru m e nts. T h is co mp l ete s the E5810 in st allation. 4. Typ e c [...]

64 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite Inst allin g and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite The fo llow ing s teps d e scribe in sta lling t he Ag ilent IO Lib ra rie s S uite , using def ault sett ings, in cluding: Checking for Install ed Agilent IO Libraries or Agilent IO Libraries Su[...]

Chapter 2 65 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite If the IO icon is displayed, click the icon and click A bou t Ag ile nt IO Contro l to display the version. The version must be 15.0 or greater . If t he IO ico n is n ot d is play ed, a ve rsio n ma y s till be ins tall ed. T o check thi s, cli ck St art [...]

66 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite 2 If the auto-run window does not appear aut oma tically , Click Click Star t > R u n T ype <x> :autorunauto.ex e where < x> i s your CD drive lett er . 3 When t he auto-run window appears, follow the direct ions on t hat window to install[...]

Chapter 2 67 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite 3 In t he Manually Add an Int erface di a log box, select Rem ote GPIB inte rf ace and c lick Add . T h e Re mo t e G PI B In t erf ace dialog will appear . 4 S pecify t h e TCPIP interface that you wish to use to host this remote inte r fa ce, in the TCPI[...]

68 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite Find Now , sel ect y our E581 0 from the list, and click OK to retur n t o t he Re mo te G P IB in te r fa c e di alog box . 6 In t he Remot e G P IB int er face di alog box, click T est conne cti on to check connectivity to your E5810. I f the test i s s[...]

Chapter 2 69 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite 2 Clic k Add I nterf ace o n the Connection Expert toolbar . 3 In the Manually Add an I nter face dialog box, select Remote RS-232 serial inte rf ace and c lick Add . T h e Remote RS-232 Seri al Interf ace dialog will appear . 4 S pecify t h e TCPIP interf[...]

70 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite Find Now , sele ct you r E5810 from the l ist, and cl ick OK to retu rn to th e Remote RS- 232 Seria l Inter face dialog box. 6 In the Re mote RS-232 Ser ial I nterfa ce dialog bo x, click T est connec tion to check conne ctivity to your E 5810. If the te[...]

Chapter 2 71 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite[...]

72 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite V e rif yin g Commu nica t io n Fr om Y our PC This section gives guidelines to communi cate with and to program connected GP IB and RS -232 instruments from your PC via the E5810, including: Using Interactive IO for Communication Using Supported Programm[...]

Chapter 2 73 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite 3 *IDN? is the default command. Click Send & Read to send the identification query to the instrument and display its reply in the Interactive IO window . 4 T o s end ot her c ommand s, click Comm a nds> to se le ct fr o m a li st of common com mands[...]

74 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite For inform ation on prog ramming usin g Agilent V ISA, see the Agilen t VIS A Us er ’s G u ide . Al so see t he Agilent Connectivity Guide and A gil ent IO Libraries Su ite Online Help for further info rmat ion and guideline s on programm ing with the A[...]

Chapter 2 75 Installing the E58 10 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Addr essing Inst ru men ts w ith SICL SICL addresses include the IP address or hostname of your E5810 as well as the S ICL address of the de vice on the E58 10, and op tionally the p rotocol to be used. Some example address es for SICL programs follow . Th[...]

76 Chapter 2 Installing the E5810 Instal ling and Configuring the Agilent IO L i braries Suite Notes:[...]

3 Usin g E5 810 W eb Ac cess[...]

78 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web A ccess This chapt er gives guidelines on ho w to u se E 5810 Web acce ss, includin g: Opening Y our Web Brow ser for E581 0 Web Access Using the Wel come Pag e Viewi ng an d Modifying Current Configuration Finding and Que rying Instrumen ts Other Web Access Functions[...]

Chapter 3 79 Using E 5810 Web Access Open ing Y our Web Bro wser for E581 0 Web Acce ss Opening Y our Web Browse r for E5810 Web Access Since the E5810 is Web-enabled, you can access and comm unicate with the E5810 usin g your Web browser (Interne t Explorer 4.0 or higher or Ne ts cape 4.7 or higher). T o display the E5810 Welco me page, o pen your[...]

80 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Usi ng t he Welcom e P age Usi ng t he W e lcome Page This section shows the features of the E5810 Welco me page, including the follo win g i tem s. A t yp ical Welco me page display follows. Navigation Bar E5810 Current Settings E5810 Support Informat ion Banner E5810 Docum entation Links Navigation Bar E5810 Do[...]

Chapter 3 81 Using E 5810 Web Access Using the Welcome Page Navigation Ba r Clicking the applicable icon on the Navigation Bar on the left side of the page allows you to t ake the actions shown in the foll ow ing figure. Welcome P age Displ ays t he We lc o m e p age. View & Modify Con figuration Display s the C urr ent Confi g urati on of E581[...]

82 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Usi ng t he Welcom e P age E581 0 C urr en t Se tti ng s The Cu r re n t S e tti n g s part of the Wel c o me page displays some of the current settings for the E5810. A typical display follows. See “E5810 Configuration Parameter Descriptions” in t his chapt er for de tai l ed descriptions. Et her n et (M AC)[...]

Chapter 3 83 Using E 5810 Web Access Using the Welcome Page E581 0 Su p por t Info r m ati on E5810 support information includes Support , Product s , an d Ag i le n t S ite as listed on the banner on the top of the page. NOTE These links a ttempt to access the Agilent Web site. Depe nding on y our network configuration, these links may not be acc [...]

84 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Usi ng t he Welcom e P age E581 0 D oc ume ntatio n Y ou can click Help t o access a comp lete E5810 help system or click User’s Guide to displa y the E58 10 L AN/GPIB Ga teway f or Windows User ’s Gui de . Help Clicking Help displays the contents page of the E5810 help system and allows you to access E5810 h[...]

Chapter 3 85 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on V i ewing and Modi fy ing Conf igur ati o n This sec tion sh ows how to vie w an d modi fy (as requi red) the curren t configuration of the E5810 using the Current Confi gurati on of E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway and the Conf iguri ng your E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway p age. Vi[...]

86 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Mod ify ing E5 810 Conf igurat io n T o m odify the current E5810 configuration, from the Current Conf igur ation o f E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway page, click t he Modi fy Con figura tion button at the top or t h e bottom of the page to di spl ay the Password di a log box[...]

Chapter 3 87 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on[...]

88 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on E581 0 Conf igura tion Para mete r Desc ripti ons An al phabetical li sting of E 5810 c onfiguration param eter des criptions and applicable default (factory-set) values follows. The E5810 uses the default configuration values until yo u cha nge any value a nd sav e[...]

Chapter 3 89 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Domain Name Server (DNS) (cont) [0. 0 .0.0 ] A DNS Server is an Internet service that translates domain nam es into IP addres ses. Every time you use a domain name, a DNS server must translate the name into the correspondin g IP address. For examp le, the do mai n [...]

90 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Dynamic Hos t Configur ation Protocol (DHCP) [ON] (cont’ d) DHCP OFF: I f DHCP is OFF or unavailable, during startup the E5810 will use the static IP addres s that may be i nput in t he Configuring your E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway page. In this case, the values for t h[...]

Chapter 3 91 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Hostname [ None ] This value configures t he internet do main na me for t he E5 810. Hostnames are usef ul when IP addresses are being assigned b y a DHCP Server , si nce the Hostname will not change despite DHCP Server chan ges an d device IP add ress changes. If [...]

92 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on IP Addr ess [169. 254.58. 10] This value is the Internet Prot ocol (IP) address of the E5810. The IP addres s is a requ ired value and is used for a ll IP and TCP/IP comm unications with the E 5810. T he IP address is represented in dotted decimal notation (for exam[...]

Chapter 3 93 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Password [E5810] E5810 conf iguration an d instrum ent control pages are passwo r d- protected a gainst changes . T o chan ge from the default passw ord (or any password) to a ne w on e, enter the current (old) password in the Configur ed V alue column and enter th[...]

94 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on RS-2 32 Parity [NON E] Parity is used by the RS-232 hardware to verify data transmission. The Parity valu e is dependent on t he peripheral d evice you conne ct to th e RS-232 port. Check the documentation for your periph eral device to set this valu e. Av ailable p[...]

Chapter 3 95 Using E 5810 Web Access Viewi ng a n d Mo di f yin g C on fig ura ti on Univers al Plug & Play ( UPnP) [ON] If Universal Plug & Play (UPnP) is enabled, a m u lticast message is generate d and s ent about o nce an hour t o the subnet. Enterprise (corporat e) netwo rks w ill want to decide whe ther th is addit ional tra ffic is a[...]

96 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Finding and Quer ying Instrume nts Finding and Querying I nstrumen t s This sec tion sh ows how to find and que ry GPIB and/ or RS-232 ins truments connected to your E581 0 by using the Find and Control Inst rument s Connecte d to your E581 0 p a ge. This page is p assword-prot ecte d since you can inadv ertently[...]

Chapter 3 97 Using E 5810 Web Access Find in g and Q uery in g In s trum e nts Fi nd in g I ns tr um e nts The Instr uments Connected column of the page shows the GPIB and/or RS-232 in struments connected to y our E581 0. This column shows the S ICL address for each instrument connecte d. The SICL address is required for programm atically interacti[...]

98 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Finding and Quer ying Instrume nts Quer ying Inst rum ents After you h ave succ essfully found al l connec ted instrum ents, you can use th e Cont rol Panel for Sele cted Inst rument column of the p age to inte ract with the instrume nts. There are two ways to interac t with connect ed instruments: use the butto [...]

Chapter 3 99 Using E 5810 Web Access Find in g and Q uery in g In s trum e nts Button Descr iption *IDN? ID Stri ng. Returns the ID string for the selected IEEE-488.2 compliant instrument . Device Clea r Device Cl ear . Sometime s commun ication with an instrument may be impe ded. This can occur for a w ide variety of reasons. Sending a De vi ce Cl[...]

100 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Finding and Quer ying Instrume nts Query ing Ins trum ent s Us i ng the In st rum en t Com m and Line For support ed instruments, y ou can also query a n instrument by first highlighting the ins trument in t he Inst ruments Con nected colu mn, typing in a SCPI command (s uch as meas:volt:dc? ) on t he Instrument[...]

Chapter 3 101 Using E 5810 Web Access Other Web Access Fu nction s Other Web Access Functions This section describes four other E5810 Web A cces s functions: Determining Session S t atus Using W eb Help Updating E5810 Firmware De termi nin g Sess i on S t at us T o op en the E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway St atus p age, click the Session S t at us icon on [...]

102 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Other Web Acc ess Fun ctions Us ing W eb Help Cli cking Hel p (under E58 10 Docum ent ation ) displays t he Cont ents page of the E5810 Web Access Help system from which you have full access to t h e entire help system. The Content s page display follows. Note that your speci fic Windows toolb ar appears at th e[...]

Chapter 3 103 Using E 5810 Web Access Other Web Access Fu nction s Updati ng E 58 10 Fi rmw a re This sec tion gives guidelines t o update your E5810 firmware t o the latest version. The E581 0 uses standard FTP (File T ransf er Protocol) to perform updates . The E5810 acts as an FTP client and searches for an FTP Server that contains the E5810 fir[...]

104 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Other Web Acc ess Fun ctions Agilen t F T P s ite i s Acce ss ibl e Fr om E581 0 1 V eri fy th e E58 10 is Id le. U pdating the E5810 is a significant activity . Be sure n o other user or program is usin g the E5810 before you atte mpt to update the firmware. Y ou can check the numbe r of open sessions by displa[...]

Chapter 3 105 Using E 5810 Web Access Other Web Access Fu nction s 4 Perfor m Firmwar e Up date a Clic k the Upda te Firmware button to displa y a p assword dial og box. Cli ck OK to confirm the upd ate and the E5810 will at tempt to download the firmware from the FTP site. b After y ou confirm the update, the E5810 front p a nel should display the[...]

106 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Other Web Acc ess Fun ctions 2 Inst all FTP S erver , if Needed. Y o u wi ll need to acces s a s tandard F TP Server program. See “T rou bleshooting Guidelines” in this section for tip s to acces s a standard FTP Server . 3 Set up User Acco unt Informa ti on for FTP Server . Refer to th e FTP Serv er documen[...]

Chapter 3 107 Using E 5810 Web Access Other Web Access Fu nction s 7 Confi gure FTP Parameter s and Fil enam e. E nter the following in form ation in the dialog box: a Firmwar e FTP Se rver Hostname or IP Addres s: Enter the IP address of the FTP Server (e.g., 192.6.143.21) OR enter the FTP Server domain name, if a DNS Serve r is available and conf[...]

108 Chapter 3 Using E5810 Web Access Other Web Acc ess Fun ctions c The LA N LE Ds should l ight, indi cating LAN activity is ta king place. The firmware for the E5810 is ~ 5.1 MB. Download time may vary , depending on network connection s. d After the firmware image has been downloaded i nto the E5 810, the E5810 will autom atically reboot and d i[...]

Chapter 3 109 Using E 5810 Web Access Other Web Access Fu nction s 2 If th e Upd at e was Unsucc essf ul. I f the last message in t he system log indicates the E5810 wa s trying to upda te firmware, the firmware process was not suc ce ssf ul and th e E581 0 firmw are w ill rev er t to its original (factory-set) version. In this c a se, try the fol [...]

11 0 C h a p t e r 3 Using E5810 Web Access Other Web Acc ess Fun ctions Notes:[...]

4 T roubles hooting Information[...]

11 2 C h a p t e r 4 T ro ubl eshooti ng In fo rmati on This chapt er gives guidelines t o troubleshoot p roblems t hat may occur with the E5810 LAN/GPI B Gateway fo r Windows, including: T r oubleshoo ting O verview Checking the E5810 Checking the Network Checking PC Client Co nnections Checking Instruments NOTE There are no user-serviceable parts[...]

Chapter 4 1 13 T roublesh ooting Information T ro ublesh ootin g Over view T ro ubl eshooti ng Over v ie w This figure shows a ty p ical network configuration using the E5810 and shows sug gested seque nce of steps to t roubleshoot the system t o determine if t h e cause is with the client PC, with the network, with the E5810, or with connected ins[...]

11 4 C h a p t e r 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking the E5810 Checking th e E5810 This section gives guidelines to check the E5810, including: Checking Front and Rear Panel Displays Checking E5810 Configuration P aram eters Che ck ing F ron t an d R ear P ane l D is plays As a fir st step in troubleshooting t he system, you shoul d check t[...]

Chapter 4 1 15 T roublesh ooting Information Checking the E 5810 Chec king Fro nt Pan el Di spla y Erro r Mes sages This table show s E5810 fron t p a nel display error messages and typical cause(s) for the error message. Error Mess age Descri pt ion Firmware Update not succe ssf ul The firmware update failed. V e rify that t he IP address of the f[...]

11 6 C h a p t e r 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking the E5810 Ch ec king E5810 P ar amet ers If the fr ont panel display and LEDs indicate no error conditions, che ck the E5810 configurat ion parameters. Chec king E5810 Cu rrent Pa ram ete rs If the E5810 is c onnec ted to an Enterprise (corporate) network, you can check the E5810 curren t[...]

Chapter 4 1 17 T roublesh ooting Information C hecking the Networ k Checking th e Netw ork If the E5810 is correctly installed and con figured and is operational, the next step is to check the network inst a llation and configuration. T o do this step, you may need the help of your System Administrator . This sect ion gives guidelines to check your[...]

11 8 C h a p t e r 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking the Network Ch ecki ng W eb Br owse r Se tti ngs The E5810 Web access (web s e rver) generates web pages that depend on Javascript and Frames. Y ou can use any web browser that supports these features to view and i nteract with the E5810 web server . For best result s, you may need to Ena[...]

Chapter 4 1 19 T roublesh ooting Information C hecking the Networ k Cach e a nd Pa ge Ref re sh For fa ster performance, m ost we b browsers cache we b pages. If a page is cached, an image of the we b page is s tored locally . W hen you navig ate to a page that h as al ready be en viewed, the browser will load the page f rom it cache rather than lo[...]

120 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking the Network S tep s for Cac he and Pa ge Re fresh (Net scap e Naviga tor 6. 2) 1 From the Navigator menu, select Edit->Preferences 2 Under the Category t ree, click the triangle icon located to the left of Advanced (the c atego ry should expand) and then clic k Cache . Th i s will change the [...]

Chapter 4 121 T roublesh ooting Information C hecking the Networ k S te p s to Set Pr oxy Noti ficat io n (Nets cape Navi gat or 6.2) 1 From the Navigator menu, select Edit->Preferences 2 Under the Category t ree, click the triangle icon located to the left of Advanced (the c atego ry should expand) and then clic k Proxies . This will cha nge th[...]

122 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking the Network SI CL T imeout Set to 0 (inf inite) The E 5810 us es the LAN max i mum timeo ut configured in Con nection Expert’s LAN interface for it s default or i nfinite timeout. If a SI CL itimeout(id,0) comm and is used (where a 0 tim eout value is an in finite timeout) the E5810 will use t[...]

Chapter 4 123 T roublesh ooting Information Checki ng PC Client Co nnectio ns Checking PC Cli ent Connection s Even i f the E 5810 has been suc cessfully c onfigured and the confi guration has been verified, individual PC clients may still have pr oblems connec ting to the E5810. This section gives guidelines to check PC client connec tions to the [...]

124 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking PC Client C onnection s Exa mp l e: Us i ng t he pin g Com mand T o s end a pi ng com m and from y our PC to an E5810, open the MS-D OS window . For examp le, on Windows 2000, click Start | P r o g r am s | Accessor ies | Comm and Prompt . When the M S-DOS window opens, t ype ping < IP _addre[...]

Chapter 4 125 T roublesh ooting Information Checki ng PC Client Co nnectio ns Ch ec king syslog Messag es The syslog message s can be viewed by typing <E5810 IP address>/systemLog.htm on your we b b rowser , wh ere <E5810 IP address> is th e IP add ress of the E5810. F or exam ple, if the IP addres s o f the E 5810 is 169.254. 58.10, t [...]

126 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking PC Client C onnection s sys log M ess ages The following table li sts common syslog messages generat ed by the E5810. NOTE Th e T e l n et Ut ilit y is th e ON L Y w ay to cl ea r syslog messages. When the syslog message q ueue is full, new m e ssages will not be accept e d and will not overwri [...]

Chapter 4 127 T roublesh ooting Information Checki ng PC Client Co nnectio ns Ex am pl e : T ypi c al sys log M ess ages This table show s typical syslog m essages a nd provides a description of each mes sage, whe re the valu e in ( ), such as (0:00: 00:18), is t he time sin ce power-on expressed in Day (DD):Hour (HH):Minutes (MM):Seconds (SS). ERR[...]

128 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking PC Client C onnection s Runt im e Er ror M ess ages Commo n runtime errors that may occur in your programs when using an E5810 are described in the following table, where “ viopen is a VISA open command . Mes sage Descri ption/Acti ons viopen fai ls : Invalid address errors Use the E5810 Welco[...]

Chapter 4 129 T roublesh ooting Information Checki ng PC Client Co nnectio ns viopen fai ls or I/ O op e ra tio n f ai l s: O ut of resource s The E5810 was unabl e to open another session or perform the operation b ecause it is out of resources. Y ou m ay need to have a c lient terminate its c o nnection or you may need to reboot the E5810 to clos[...]

130 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking PC Client C onnection s E5810 app ears to b e hu ng The re are several possible caus es. For all of the following, use of client timeouts and/or E5810 timeouts (the I/O timeout and LAN timeout configuration values) can be used to en sure that the E5810 will not “hang” indefinitely . If you d[...]

Chapter 4 131 T roublesh ooting Information Checking Instrume nts Checking Instrume nt s This section gives guidelines to check connect ed GPI B and RS-232 instrumen ts, including: Checking GPI B Instruments Checking RS-232 Instruments Check ing GP IB Inst rumen t s If you c annot establish com munication with con nected GP IB in struments, see the[...]

132 Chapter 4 T roubl eshooting Inf ormation Checking Instrum ents Ch ec king R S -232 I nstr um ent s If you c annot e st ablish communi cation with a conne cted RS - 2 32 instrument , see the following table f or suggested troub leshoot ing steps. Possible Caus e(s) Correct ive Acti on( s) Attempting to Communicate From the E5810 W eb Acces s Int[...]

A E581 0 Specifica tions[...]

13 4 A ppe ndi x A E5810 S pecifications This appendix lists E581 0 LAN/GPIB Ga teway for Windows techni cal specifications, supplementary informat ion, and s upported ne twork protocols.[...]

Ap p end ix A 1 35 E5810 S pecifications Specifications and Supp leme ntary I nformati on Spe ci fica tion s and S upple ment ary Informati on Min i mu m Sy s t e m Requireme nts for Agilent IO L ibraries Suite Windows 2000 SP4/XP SP2/Wi ndows Vista 450 MHz Pentium II (1 GHz 32-b it recommended fo r Vist a), 128MB RA M (512 MB or greater for Vista)[...]

13 6 Appe ndi x A E5810 S pecifications Specifications and Supp leme ntary Information Operating Hu midity up to 95% R.H. @40 o C Environ ment al Spe cific ations (c ont’ d) S torage Humi dity up to 90% R.H. @65 o C S torage T em perature -4 0 o C to + 7 0 o C Operati ng Condi tions Operati ng S tate Continuous Connection to Sup ply Main s Detach[...]

Ap p end ix A 1 37 E5810 S pecifications Specifications and Supp leme ntary I nformati on Maxi mum N umb er o f Simultaneous I/O Connection s The maximum num ber of simultaneous I/O connec tions supported by the E 581 0 is 16. Each client process requi res a separate conn ection.[...]

13 8 Appe ndi x A E5810 S pecifications Supp or te d N e two rk Pro toc o ls Supp ort e d Netwo rk Prot oc o ls The E5 810 uses the ne twork IP and Ethernet prot ocols listed in the following table. S e e the Glo ssary for a definition of these protocols. Name RFC Role When Descri ption ARP 826 P ee r As needed Maps IP address to Ethernet addre ss [...]

B Using t he T elnet Utility[...]

14 0 A ppe ndi x B Us in g th e T e ln e t U t il it y This appe ndix ex plain s how to access a nd exit the T eln et utilit y . I t also summarizes various T e lnet commands you can use with the E5810 LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows. The appendix contents are: Us ing the T eln e t Ut ilit y T elnet Commands for the E5810[...]

Ap p end ix B 1 41 Us ing th e T e l n et U t ilit y Us in g t h e T e ln et Uti li t y Us in g th e T e ln e t U t il it y For backward compatibility with the E2050 LA N/GP IB Gateway , the T elnet Utility functionality is provided with t he E5810. Howe ver , E 5810 Web Access is the pref erred method to configure the E5810. Acces sing the T e lne[...]

14 2 A ppe ndi x B Us ing th e T e ln et Ut ilit y Using the T e l net Util ity Exit i ng th e T elne t Utility T o exi t the T e lnet utilit y , use these T elnet comm ands. If you want to exit wi thout saving any ch anges (if a ny) you ha ve made to the configurat ion values, at the T elne t prompt ( > ) type bye (or) exit (or) quit . If you w[...]

Ap p end ix B 1 43 Us ing th e T e l n et U t ilit y Us in g t h e T e ln et Uti li t y T ypic al T elnet Scr een Di s play A typical display screen for an E5810 follows. The configuration values you see for y o ur E5810 will probably be dif ferent from those show n. Welcom e to the E 5810 LA N/GP IB Gateway Conf igur at ion Ut ilit y . Controls GP[...]

14 4 A ppe ndi x B Us ing th e T e ln et Ut ilit y T elnet Comma nds fo r the E 5810 T elnet C om mands fo r the E5810 This table l ists the T elnet comm ands you can use with the E5 810. Y ou should use the T eln et configuration com man ds only if you are using the T elnet con figuration method to configure the E5810.Y ou can see a summa ry of al[...]

Ap p end ix B 1 45 Us ing th e T e l n et U t ilit y T elne t Com mands for th e E58 10 Command Descri ption gpib-na me <st ring*1 5> V iew/Set the GPIB SICL Interface Name gpib-a ddress <0-30> View/Set the GPIB System Controller A ddress gpib-un it <1-255> View/Set the GPIB Logical Unit Number rs 232-name <string*15> V iew/[...]

14 6 A ppe ndi x B Us ing th e T e ln et Ut ilit y T elnet Comma nds fo r the E 5810 Notes:[...]

147 Glossar y[...]

148 Gl ossary Glossary A ad dress A string uniquely identifying a part icular interface or a device on t ha t interface which is interpreted at the E5810 LA N/GPIB G ateway to identify the interface or devi ce. ASRL For the E581 0, ASRL is synonymo us with RS-232. See RS-232. B bridg e In telecommunicat ion networks, a bridge is a product that co n[...]

G lo s sar y 149 Glo ssary DHCP Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresse s to devices on a network. With dynamic addressing, a device can have a diff e rent IP address every time it connects to the ne twork. In so me s ystem s, the device's IP addre ss ca n even change while it is st ill conne[...]

150 Glossar y Glo ssary G gateway Hardware that permits a network connection betwe en the LAN that your computer unde rstands and the instrument specific interface that your device understands. Gatew ay IP Addr ess This parameter is the IP Address of the def ault subnet gateway that allows the E5810 to communicate with system s that are not on the [...]

G lo s sar y 151 Glo ssary I ins tru me nt A device that accepts c o mmands and performs a test or measureme nt function. inte rf ace A conne ction and com municat ion me dia between devices and controllers, including mechanical , electrical, and protocol connections. IP a ddres s An Internet Proto col (IP) address is an identifier for a c omputer [...]

152 Glossar y Glo ssary L LAN Local A rea Ne twork. A computer network that spans a relatively s mall area. Mos t LANs a re c onfined t o a s ingle building or gro up o f buildings. However , one LAN c a n be connected to other LANs over any distance via telephone lines and radio waves. A system of LANs connected in this way is c alled a wid e-area[...]

G lo s sar y 153 Glo ssary N network proto cols The E5810 support s these network prot o cols: ARP , DHCP , DNS, FTP , HTTP , ICMP , and RPC . ARP: Short for Address Resolution Protocol , a TC P/IP protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address ( cal led a DLC address), such as an Ethernet address. DHCP: See DHCP DNS: See DNS FTP: A[...]

154 Glossar y Glo ssary Instead of forwarding t he reques t to the Web serv er where Page 1 resides, which can be a ti me-cons um ing operation , the proxy server returns the Page 1 i t already fetched for user X. Since t he proxy server is often on t he s ame network as t he user , this is a much faster op eration. Real proxy servers sup port hund[...]

G lo s sar y 155 Glo ssary SRQ Service Request. An asynchronous request (an interrupt) from a remote device indicating that the device requires servicing. subnet A portion of a network that shares a common addre ss component . On TCP/IP network s, s u bnets are def ined as all devices whose IP addresses have the same prefix. For example, all de vic[...]

156 Glossar y Glo ssary switc h A devi ce that filters and forwards packets b etween L AN segm ents. Switches operate at the data li nk layer (layer 2) and sometimes the network layer (layer 3) of the OSI Reference M odel and therefore suppo rt any packet protocol. L ANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or , in the case o[...]

G lo s sar y 157 Glo ssary Option OFF: The E5810 is not U PnP capable a nd w ill not announc e its presenc e as a UPnP device when mounted to the network. V VEE The Agilent Vi sual Engineering Environment , whi ch is software used for I / O application programm in g. VISA The Agil ent Virtual Instrument Software Architectu re library , which is sof[...]

158 Glossar y Glo ssary Notes:[...]

In dex 1 59 Index A address , 148 Agilent IO Libraries Sui te check for inst al l e d versio n , 65 Ag i l e nt W eb s i te s , 11 Agilent, conta cting , 11 ASR L , 14 8 B bridge , 148 C cache a nd page refresh , 11 9 cleaning i nstructions , 11 2 Clear ALL Pending Ope rations button , 98 Clear History button , 98 client , 26 , 148 Connection Exper[...]

160 Index We b browser settings , 118 Ethernet (MAC) Address , 149 Ethernet address , 90 examples T ypical sysl og Messages , 127 Using the Instruments Page , 100 Using the ping C ommand , 124 Using VISA Assistant , 72 VISA LAN Client A d dressing , 74 F Find bu tton , 97 finding instruments , 96 – 97 Frien d ly Na me , 149 G gateway , 15 0 gatew[...]

In dex 1 61 R Read STB button , 98 related documentation , 14 restricted r ights , 7 router , 29 , 154 RS232 , 15 4 RS232 Baud Rate , 93 RS232 Bits , 93 RS232 Flow Control , 93 RS232 Parity , 94 RS232 SICL Interface Name , 94 RS232 SRQ , 94 RS232 S t op Bits , 94 runtime error message s , 128 S saf ety , 9 serial number , 90 serv er , 26 , 154 sess[...]

162 Index[...]

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