2606B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 2: General operation
2606B-901-01 Rev. B / May 2018
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If you have a full version of NI VISA on your system, you can run NI-MAX or the VISA Interactive
Utility. See their documentation for information.
If you have the Agilent IO Libraries on your system, you can run Agilent Connection Expert to check
out your USB instruments. See their documentation for information.
Connecting multiple USB instruments to the computer
The most convenient way to connect USB instrumentation to the computer is to plug a USB cable
directly from the instrument to the computer. If you have more than one USB instrument or have other
USB devices, such as printers, keyboards, and mice, you might not have enough USB connectors on
the computer. To gain more ports, you can use a USB hub or add more USB controller cards if you
have available PCI or PCI Express slots.
LAN communications
The 2606B is an LXI version 1.4 Core 2011 compliant instrument that supports TCP/IP and complies
with IEEE Std 802.3 (ethernet). The LAN ports for the modules are on the front panel of the 2606B
and support full connectivity on a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network.
Through the LAN interface, you can use a web interface to control the instrument.
Once the 2606B is connected to the LAN, you can use the LXI
TM
Discovery Tool to identify the IP
addresses of instruments that are connected to the LAN and that support the VXI-11 discovery
protocol. You can also manually set up the IP address.
For information about setting up a LAN interface, refer to
(on page C-1).
LAN cable connection
Use a LAN crossover cable (RJ-45, male to male) or a straight-through cable to connect your
equipment. The 2606B includes a cable that you can use for the TSP-Link
®
network or LAN
communications. The instrument automatically senses which cable you have connected.
The following figure shows the location of the LAN port on the front panel of the instrument. Connect
the LAN cable between this connection and the LAN port on the computer.
Figure 13: LAN connection
