ETAS
Troubleshooting Problems
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User Guide
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To switch off power monitoring on the laptop:
1. From the Windows Start Menu, select
i. Windows XP:
Control Panel
System
.
Then select the
Hardware
tab.
Click on
Device Manager
.
ii. Windows Vista:
Control Panel
System and Maintenance
Device
Manager.
2. In the Device Manager open the tree structure of the entry
Network Adapters
.
3. Right click on the used network adapter.
4. Select
Properties
in the context menu.
5. Select the
Power Management
tab.
6. Deactivate the
Allow the computer to turn off this device to
save power
option.
7. Select the
Advanced
tab.
8. If the property
Autosense
is included, deactivate it.
9. Click
OK
to apply the settings.
Cause: Automatic disruption of network connection
It is possible after a certain period of time without data traffic that the network
card automatically interrupts the Ethernet connection. This can be prevented
by setting the registry key
autodisconnect
.
To set the registry key
autodisconnect
:
1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Select under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
ControlSet001\Services\lanmanserver\paramete
rs
the Registry Key
autodisconnect
and change its value
to
0xffffffff
.
7.3.3
Personal Firewall Blocks Communication
Cause: Permissions given through the firewall block ETAS hard
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ware
Personal firewalls may interfere with access to ETAS Ethernet hardware. The
automatic search for hardware typically cannot find any Ethernet hardware at
all, although the configuration parameters are correct.
Certain actions in ETAS products may lead to some trouble if the firewall is not
properly parameterized, e.g. upon opening an experiment in ASCET or search
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ing for hardware from within INCA or HSP.
If a firewall is blocking communication to ETAS hardware, you must either dis
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able the firewall software while working with ETAS software, or the firewall
must be configured to give the following permissions: