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Getting Started with Your Serial Device Server

4

ni.com

c. Click

OK

to finish. The

VISA Configuration

window should now show

the new static addition(s) under the

Ethernet Serial

node.

d. Exit

VISA Configuration

. If you see the question

D

o you wish to 

commit all your changes to VISA?

, answer

Yes

.

7. To verify hardware and software installation, run

NIvisaic

, which is in

the

NIvisa

subdirectory of your installation.

NIvisaic

attempts to open

and close each port. If the test is successful, all ENET-Serial ports are under
the

ASRL0 (ENET/Serial)

node; there are none under the

Unknown

node.

If there is a failure, select any ENET-Serial port under the

Unknown

node and

press

Enter

. This brings up a dialog box with a diagnostic message with more

information on the error source. To troubleshoot the problem, refer to
Appendix C,

Troubleshooting and Common Questions

, in the

NI ENET-Serial

User Manual

.

8. Connect the serial devices to the serial ports.

9. For further information, see the

NI ENET-Serial User Manual

.

1

Serial Ports 1 and 2

2

Serial Ports 3 and 4 (on 4-Port Models Only)

1

2

Summary of Contents for ENET-Serial

Page 1: ...erial User Manual refers to the ENET 232 Series and ENET 485 Series User Manual for Linux x86 Solaris 2 x in the NIserial Enet subdirectory of your installation Follow these steps to install your serial device server software and hardware 1 Log in as root and insert the CD Install the NI Serial device server software by running the installation script INSTALL from the VISA subdirectory of the appr...

Page 2: ...ur Serial Device Server 2 ni com 3 Connect the power and Ethernet cables 4 Power on the serial device server 1 Power Connection 2 Ethernet Connection 1 PWR RDY LED 2 Ethernet LEDs 3 Serial Port LEDs 4 Power Switch 1 2 2 3 1 4 ...

Page 3: ...up the Add New Static Resource window From the Select the interface listbox select NI ENET Serial Box b Fill in the Hostname or IP address box in one of the following ways If the serial device server is on the same subnet click Browse This brings up the NI Ethernet Device Configuration window from which you can highlight the appropriate device Click Select The Hostname or IP address box is filled ...

Page 4: ...n and close each port If the test is successful all ENET Serial ports are under the ASRL0 ENET Serial node there are none under the Unknown node If there is a failure select any ENET Serial port under the Unknown node and press Enter This brings up a dialog box with a diagnostic message with more information on the error source To troubleshoot the problem refer to Appendix C Troubleshooting and Co...

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