Introduction To The Lxi Standard; Vxi Discovery; Lan Requirements; Web Page - Ametek Sorensen XG Operation Manual

Introduction to the LXI Standard

VXI Discovery

LAN Requirements

Dynamically If there is no DHCP server available, the unit will use the Dynamically
Configured Link Configured Link Local Addressing protocol to assign itself a link local
Local address. This is useful for cases when a network is down or unavailable
Addressing but the user still wants to connect to the power supply.
DHCP The unit can obtain a dynamic address using the DHCP protocol
Static IP The unit can be given a static IP

Web Page

Must be W3C compliant
Must have a homepage
which displays
manufacturer, serial
number, IP address, etc
Device Identification
Function
LAN configuration page

Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)

RPCs are a part of the Open Network Consortium. RPC is designed to
facilitate distributed programming. In the case of power supplies it allows
for a program running on a computer to communicate to any number of
power supplies over the network.

Drivers

LXI compliant devices are required to provide an IVI Specific Driver.
M370430-01 Rev B
This section is meant only as a brief summary of some of the
features of LXI. For a more complete description of LXI please
refer to the LXI Consortium Home
description of LXI is the LXI
LXI devices are required to conform to the
protocol. The AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser uses this
discovery protocol to locate LXI compliant devices on the network.
This makes communicating with devices and locating their
addresses simpler.
LXI mandates many useful LAN requirements
This ensures that the pages will display correctly on all W3C
compliant Web browsers
This ensures all LXI compliant devices have a similar look and
feel to their Web pages
A Web page button that causes an LED to flash on the power
supply. This makes determining which power supply a user is
communicating with simpler.
This page allows for changing the values of LAN parameters
like IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, etc
Communications Options
Page. The authoritative
standard.
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