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EX2500A Web Page Operation
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To open the embedded web page, open Internet Explorer and double click on the EX2500A in the
Bonjour toolbar. If the toolbar on the left does appear when Internet Explorer is opened, click on
the Bonjour icon located in the IE command bar (see Figure 5-1).
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Alternatively, the IP address of the EX2500A can be entered into the address bar of any web
browser to view the embedded web page. By default, the EX2500A will first attempt to use DHCP
to set its IP Address. If DHCP is not available on the network it is connected to, it will instead use
Auto IP. Determining the Auto IP address is discussed in the
Network Configuration
discussion in
Section 2
. Alternatively, other discovery methods, such as VXI-11, can be used as well.
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When initial connection is made to the EX2500A, the instrument home page, or
Index
, appears.
This page displays instrument-specific information (see Figure 5-4 for details). This page is
accessible from any other instrument page by clicking on the EX2500A web page header. The
EX2500A
Command Menu
is displayed on the left hand side of every internal web page. The
entries on the
Command Menu
represent two types of pages:
Status
These pages perform no actions and accept no entries. It provides operational status
and information only. The
Firmware Version
page is an example of a status page.
Entry
These pages display and accept changes to the configuration of the instrument. The
IP
Configuration
page is an example of an entry page.
Use of the entry-type web pages in the EX2500A are governed by a common set of operational
characteristics:
•
Pages initially load with the currently-entered selections displayed.
•
Each page contains a
Submit
button to accept newly entered changes. Leaving a page before
submitting any changes has the effect of canceling the changes, leaving the instrument in its
original state.
•
Navigation through a parameter screen is done with the Tab key. The Enter key has the same
function as clicking the
Submit
button and cannot be used for navigation.
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