Fluke 2680A User Manual page 262

2680A/2686A
Users Manual
unique interrupt level (IRQ) and port address. This is sometimes hard to do
because of the limited number of IRQ levels available in the PC hardware, so be
careful.
If you're using two ISA bus Ethernet adapter cards, make sure that the IRQ level
and port addresses don't overlap. Also make sure that you add the I/O address to
the end of the packet driver load line, in the driver section of the protocol.ini
file for the NDIS driver, or in the driver section of the net.cfg file for the ODI
driver.
Troubleshooting Information
This section presents some information about what to do if you cannot
successfully communicate between your PC and 2680 Series instruments.
1. Bind fails during PC boot.
Check that the information in the driver section of the protocol.ini file
associated with the NDIS driver, matches the setup of the Ethernet adapter.
Check for misspelled words in the protocol.ini file (NDIS driver). Make
sure that the BINDINGS= line in the [NETMANAGE] section contains the
name of the correct driver section.
Check that the soft interrupt specified for use by the network interface driver is
the same as specified for use by the protocol software. Make sure that this
interrupt is not being used by another software package (i.e. another hardware
driver).
2. Network software loads and binds properly, but Fluke DAQ cannot
communicate with the instrument.
Use the communication configuration dialog and the instrument front panel
interface to check that the Base Channel Number (BCN), IP address, Socket
Port Number, and Instrument Type are all correct for each instrument.
If General Networking mode is selected, check that the subnet of the PC is the
same as the subnet of each instrument (see IP Addresses and Segmented
Networks in this appendix). If the subnets are not the same, check the router
connecting the subnets to make sure it can route IP packets. Also check the
2680 Series instrument and the PC default gateway addresses to make sure
they are set correctly.
Make sure that the link indicator (LED on the rear panel) is lit continuously. If
it is not, make sure that connection to the hub is correct and that the hub port is
active. The link indicator on the 2680 Series instruments is red for 10 Mbs and
green for 100 Mbs operation.
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