Exploring The 34980A Web Interface Over Lan; Launching The Web Interface - Agilent Technologies 34980a Getting Started Manual

Exploring the 34980A Web Interface Over LAN

You can use the 34980A's Web Browser Interface for remote access and control of the instrument via a
Java-enabled Web browser, such as Microsoft
configure, troubleshoot, and monitor your system remotely.
This section provides an overview of the 34980A Web Interface. The Web Interface works with the
34980A mainframe and all installed plug-in modules. For the examples provided in this section,
the 34921A multiplexer module is used for illustration purposes.
The following tasks assume you have configured the 34980A for LAN communication and
have verified connection to a LAN network. See pages 16 and 17 for more information.

Launching the Web Interface

1. Open your Internet browser from
your computer.
2. From the Tools>Internet
Options menu, navigate to
Connections (exact navigation
depends on your browser),
and then select LAN Settings.
3. From the LAN Settings dialog,
select/activate bypass proxy
server for local addresses
(exact terminology depends
on your browser).
4. Exit the Options window.
5. Enter the IP address of the
34980A in the Address field and
press return. Either refer to the
IP address you wrote on page 16
or 17, or use the 34980A's front
panel Utility menu to read the
IP address.
6. After entering the appropriate
IP address, the 34980A Web
Interface's Welcome Window
should appear.
The procedures in this section will help you understand tasks commonly performed
using the 34980A's Web Interface. For additional help on using the interface, click the
?Help with the Page tab on the lower-left corner of the Web Interface window.
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