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8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide
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Introduction to Programming
LAN Interface
The current generation of mainframes 8163B (starting with S/N
DE48204000) and 8164B (starting with S/N DE48202000) are also
equipped with a LAN Interface. The LAN Interface can be operated either
with fixed or variable IP address, depending on whether a DHCP server is
available and the DHCP mode is enabled.
The GPIB conforms to IEEE standard 488-1978, ANSI standard MC 1.1 and
IEC recommendation 625-1.
Available connections:
• LAN (VXI-11 (RPC))
• LAN (TCP Socket, port 5025)
• LAN (Telnet, port 5024)(Quit telnet sessions with Ctrl-D)
2 VXI-11 connections and up to 10 socket or telnet connections (
telnet ~ 10) are possible. The ports for socket and telnet connections
cannot be modified.
Please note the following points:
• We recommend you use socket connections for applications. (Can be
configured in Keysight Connection Expert)
• All LAN VXI-11 connections share their status information (Error queue,
status registers).
• Socket and telnet connections are independent of each other.
• The status registers are updated if a new socket or telnet connection is
opened.
• Be careful if there is more than one connection:
•
•When using a VISA layer you can lock a device, so another
controller accessing the same device with the same connection type
(VISA VXI-11 or VISA socket) cannot access this device. However
the device can be accessed with a different connection. This means,
for example, if a device is locked in a VISA socket connection it can
still be accessed with VXI-11.
•
A telnet connection cannot be locked.
