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Agilent Technologies E5810A Getting Started

Agilent Technologies E5810A Getting Started

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LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows

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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    Agilent E5810A ® LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows Getting Started...
  • Page 2 As desired, you can mount the E5810A in a standard EIA rack using the E5810-00100 Rack Mount Kit (or equivalent). The E5810A is one standard half-rack unit wide and one standard rack unit high. See the E5810-00100 Rack Mount Kit for instructions.
  • Page 3 Apply Power to the E5810A. Plug the E5810A power cord into the E5810A POWER socket. Then, plug the cord into an AC outlet and observe the E5810A display. After an initial setup period, the E5810A IP address and hostname (if recognized) should appear on the display.
  • Page 4 E5810A type 'http://<IP address>', where <IP address> is the current E5810A IP address (such as 169.254.58.10) shown on the E5810A display. Then, press Enter. NOTE If the Welcome page does not display correctly, you may need to change your web browser settings.
  • Page 5 Send Commands and Queries to Instruments. To interact with instruments from the E5810A Instrument page, highlight the instrument to be addressed and type an instrument command on the Instrument Command line. (See your instrument manual for instrument commands.) Then, click Send, Receive, or Query as applicable. The following example shows one way to return a DC voltage measurement from an instrument.
  • Page 6 Checking for Installed Agilent IO Libraries. Before you begin installation, check for previously installed Agilent IO Libraries soft- ware. If a version of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed on your PC, an IO icon may be displayed on the Windows taskbar notification area.
  • Page 7 Automation-Ready CD to support the E5810A. 6. If your version of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is at least 15.0, but less than the version on your Automation-Ready CD, you may want to install the newer version to take advantage of new features and greater ease of use.
  • Page 8 6 Add Remote GPIB Interface Add Remote GPIB Interface. To configure the interface for GPIB instruments, in the Agilent Connection Expert main screen click Add Interface and select Remote GPIB interface to display the Remote GPIB Interface dialog box. Click Find Interfaces...
  • Page 9 7 Add Remote RS-232 Serial Interface Add Remote Serial Interface. To configure the interface for RS-232 serial instruments, in the Agilent Connection Expert main screen click Add Interface and select Remote RS-232 serial interface to display the Remote RS-232 Serial Interface dialog box.
  • Page 10 5. Repeat Steps 1 - 4 for the next instrument. Program Instruments (Optional). After communication has been established, you can program your GPIB and RS-232 instruments using VISA, VISA COM, or SICL. E5810A Documentation/Support on the back of this poster for applicable documentation.
  • Page 11 Before You Connect the E5810A. Before you connect your E5810A to an Enterprise (Corporate) network, copy the E5810A Serial Number and Ethernet (MAC) address (located on the underside of the E5810A) in the space provided on the following E5810A LAN/GPIB Gateway Information card.
  • Page 12 Introduction. If your Enterprise (corporate) network does not support DHCP, when the E5810A is connected to the network the E5810A will use its default static IP address (169.254.58.10), which may not be valid on the network. In this case, you must use a Local network (Isolated LAN) to configure the E5810A for correct operation on the Enterprise network.
  • Page 13 Fix: To correct this problem, the browser must be informed that any requests to the E5810A should not use a proxy. To do this, add the IP address of the E5810A to the list box "Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with:" (or equivalent).

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting Information

    If you have communication or operation problems with the E5810A LAN/GPIB Gateway, you can use this information to help you identify the problem and take corrective action. See the E5810A LAN/GPIB Gateway for Windows User's Guide for further troubleshooting information.
  • Page 15 ON and device is operating properly No RS-232 device Try to communicate with communication device (see Step 4) RS-232 interface not Change E5810A RS-232 configured for attached interface attributes to match device RS-232 device attributes (baud rate, parity, etc.) VISA/SICL not configured...
  • Page 16 E5810A Related Documentation. See the following documents for information related to the E5810A. When the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed, all documents are available in electronic format by clicking the IO icon on the Windows taskbar notification area and selecting Documentation.

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting

    INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING THE E5810A INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING IO LIBRARIES SUITE E5810A GENERAL INFORMATION TROUBLESHOOTING DOCUMENTATION...