Keysight Technologies N6705C, Operating And Service Manual

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2. Use the Connection Expert utility of the Keysight IO Libraries Suite to add the power analyzer and
verify a connection. To add the instrument, you can request the Connection Expert to discover the
instrument. If the instrument cannot be found, add the instrument using its hostname or IP address.
If this does not work, refer to “Troubleshooting Guidelines” in the Keysight Technologies
USB/LAN/GPIB Interfaces Connectivity Guide included with the Keysight IO Libraries
Suite.
3. You can now use Interactive IO within the Connection Expert to communicate with your instrument,
or you can program your instrument using the various programming environments. You can also use
the Web browser on your computer to communicate with the instrument as described under
Using the
Web Interface .
A private LAN is a network in which LAN-enabled instruments and computers are directly connected,
and not connected to a site LAN. They are typically small, with no centrally-managed resources. The
following figure illustrates a typical private LAN system.
1. Connect the instrument to the computer using a LAN crossover cable. Alternatively, connect the
computer and the instrument to a standalone hub or switch using regular LAN cables.
Make sure your computer is configured to obtain its address from DHCP and that
NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Note that if the computer had been connected to a site
LAN, it may still retain previous network settings from the site LAN. Wait one minute
after disconnecting it from the site LAN before connecting it to the private LAN. This
allows Windows to sense that it is on a different network and restart the network
configuration.
2. The factory-shipped instrument LAN settings are configured to automatically obtain an IP address
from a site network using a DHCP server. You can leave these settings as they are. Most Keysight
products and most computers will automatically choose an IP address using auto-IP if a DHCP server
is not present. Each assigns itself an IP address from the block 169.254.nnn. Note that this may take
up to one minute. The front panel Lan indicator will come on when the LAN port has been configured.
Turning off DHCP reduces the time required to fully configure a network connection
when the power analyzer is turned on. To manually configure the instrument LAN
settings, refer to
Remote Interface Configuration for information about configuring the
LAN settings from the front panel of the instrument.
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