About Smart Access Anywhere; Licensing; Downloading And Extracting The Utility; Establishing A Connection - Viavi ONA-800 Getting Started Manual

Chapter 3 Smart Access Anywhere

About Smart Access Anywhere

About Smart Access Anywhere
Smart Access Anywhere allows you to view and control the instrument's user interface
from a remote location using a workstation. In addition to configuring the instrument and
performing tests, you can transfer files to and from the instrument using the instru-
ment's file manager utility. You can also rename and delete files, or create, rename, and
delete directories.

Licensing

To use Smart Access Anywhere, you must have a license. Contact your VIAVI sales
representative for more information about obtaining a license.

Downloading and extracting the utility

The Smart Access Anywhere utility must be downloaded and extracted on the work-
station that you intend to use to connect remotely to the test instrument.
To download the utility
1 On your workstation, open a browser and type the following address:
http://smartaccess.updatemyunit.net
2 Click on the SmartAccessAnywhere_Vxx.xx.xx.zip link.
3 Select Save in the dialog box.
After the download is complete, the browser can be closed.
4 Go to the download directory, then extract the files in the zip file into the desired
destination directory.
The utility is downloaded and extracted.

Establishing a connection

You can connect remotely to your test instrument using a 1) wired Ethernet connection,
2) WiFi connection, or 3) Smartphone with Data Tethering. Before establishing a
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NOTE:
You do not need administrator privileges to install the utility on your worksta-
tion. The utility will be downloaded as a zip file.
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