Option Remote Server
Introduction
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Option Remote Server
Introduction
Using the Spectrum Remote Server (order code
-SPc-RServer) it is possible to access the
M2i/M3i/M4i/M4x/M2p card(s) installed in one
PC (server) from another PC (client) via local area
network (LAN), similar to using a digitizerNETBOX
or generatorNETBOX.
It is possible to use different operating systems on
both server and client. For example the Remote Serv-
er is running on a Linux system and the client is ac-
cessing them from a Windows system.
The Remote Server software requires, that the option
„-SPc-RServer“ is installed on at least one card in-
stalled within the server side PC. You can either
check this with the Control Center in the "Installed
Card features" node or by reading out the feature register, as described in the „Installed features and options“ passage, earlier in this manual.
To run the Remote Server software, it is required to have least version 3.18 of the Spectrum SPCM driver in-
stalled. Additionally at least on one card in the server PC the feature flag SPCM_FEAT_REMOTESERVER must
be set.
Installing and starting the Remote Server
Windows
Windows users find the Control Center installer on the CD under „In-
stall\win\spcm_remote_install.exe“.
After the installation has finished there will be a new start menu entry in the
Folder "Spectrum GmbH" to start the Remote Server. To start the Remote Server
automatically after login, just copy this shortcut to the Autostart directory.
Linux
Linux users find the versions of the installer for the different StdC libraries under
under /Install/linux/spcm_control_center/ as RPM packages.
To start the Remote Server type "spcm_remote_server" (without quotation
marks). To start the Remote Server automatically after login, add the following
line to the .bashrc or .profile file (depending on the used Linux distribution) in
the user's home directory:
Detecting the digitizerNETBOX
Before accessing the digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX one has to determine the IP address of the digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX.
Normally that can be done using one of the two methods described below:
Discovery Function
The digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX responds to the VISA described Discovery function. The next chapter will show how to install and
use the Spectrum control center to execute the discovery function and to find the Spectrum hardware. As the discovery function is a standard
feature of all LXI devices there are other software packages that can find the digitizerNETBOX/generatorNETBOX using the discovery func-
tion:
• Spectrum control center (limited to Spectrum remote products)
• free LXI System Discovery Tool from the LXI consortium (www.lxistandard.org)
• Measurement and Automation Explorer from National Instrumen
• ts (NI MAX)
• Keysight Connection Expert from Keysight Technologies
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