Agilent Technologies N8900 series Operating Manual page 49

Remote Interface Configuration
Front Panel Menu
Select System\IO\LAN\Modify\Name
You can enter any value from the numeric
keypad. For additional characters, use the up/-
down navigation keys to enter an alpha char-
acter by scrolling through the selection list that
appears when you press the keys. Use the back-
space key to delete a value. Press Enter when
you are finished.
Host Name - This field registers the supplied name with the selected naming service. If the field is left blank, no name
is registered. A hostname may contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and dashes (-). The maximum length is
15 characters.
Each instrument is shipped with a default hostname with the format: A-modelnumber-serialnumber, where mod-
elnumber is the unit's 6-character model number (e.g. N6950A), and serialnumber is the last five characters of the
10-character serial number located on the label on the top of the unit (e.g. 45678 if the serial number is
MY12345678).
DNS Server and WINS Server
DNS is an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. It is also needed for the instrument to find
and display its hostname assigned by the network. Normally, DHCP discovers the DNS address information; you only
need to change this if DHCP is unused or not functional.
WINS configures the Windows service of the instrument. This is similar to the DNS service that translates domain
names into IP addresses.
To manually configure the DNS and WINS services:
Front Panel Menu
Select System\IO\LAN\Modify\DNSor
Select System\IO\LAN\Modify\WINS
Select Primary Address or Secondary Address.
See below for a full description.
Primary Address - This field enters the primary address of the server. Contact your LAN administrator for server
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details. The same numbering notation applies as for the IP Address. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that no default
server is defined.
Secondary Address - This field enters the secondary address of the server. Contact your LAN administrator for
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server details. The same numbering notation applies as for the IP Address. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that no
default server is defined.
Dot-notation addresses ("nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" where "nnn" is a byte value from 0 to 255) must be expressed with
care, as most PC web software interprets byte values with leading zeros as octal (base 8) numbers. For example,
"192.168.020.011" is actually equivalent to decimal "192.168.16.9" because ".020" is interpreted as "16"
expressed in octal, and ".011" as "9". To avoid confusion, use only decimal values from 0 to 255, with no leading
zeros.
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SCPI Command
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SCPI Command
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