Giga-tronics 2400/2500 Series Microwave Signal Generators
3. Hardware Interfaces
Programming Manual, Part Number 34783, Rev A, July 2009
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3.2.4 Configure the 2400/2500 Ethernet Connection
The following procedure explains how to set the DHCP, IP Address, and Subnet Mask of the 2400/2500
when using the Ethernet (LAN) connector on the rear of the 2400/2500. The instrument is identified via
Ethernet connection during remote operations using the IP address set in this procedure. Each unit on
the network must have a unique IP address.
Table 4
Configure Remote Operation Using the LAN
Step
Action
1.
Press
to invoke the System menus, and if the SYSTEM 4 menu does not appear in
the display, press the bottom-most interactive softkey until it does.
2.
Are you going to connect the LAN using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), or
configure the LAN connection manually?
If the LAN connection will be done by DHCP:
go to the next step.
If the LAN connection will be configured manually:
go to Step 4.
3.
Press the DHCP softkey and set DCHP to On using the
keys. The instrument will try to
connect to the DCHP server and the IP address and Subnet Mask will be set automatically from
the first server that establishes communication via the LAN connection.
Go to Step 7.
NOTE:
If the 2400/2500 fails to connect to the DCHP server, the unit will attempt to reconnect
again. If it fails to connect to the DCHP server a second time, the 2400/2500 will attempt to
reconnect once every hour. During this period, the IP address and subnet mask values will be
zero.
4.
Press the DHCP softkey and set DCHP to Off using the
keys.
5.
Press the IP Address softkey to highlight the IP Address menu item. Enter the IP address using the
numeric keypad.
NOTE:
An IP address consists of four sets of three-digit numbers, separated by decimal points.
The following example demonstrates how to properly enter an IP address:
190.165.001.034
An invalid IP entry will be displayed as Invalid IP Input in the Step Size/Error Message section of
the display. Examples of invalid addresses are values greater than 255, less than zero (negative
sign), values greater than three digits per set or more or less than 4 sets of three-digit values.
6.
Press the Subnet Mask softkey to highlight the Subnet Mask menu item. Enter the subnet mask
number using the sequence defined in the previous step.
7.
Confirm that the server has connected to 2400/2500 by observing the Link Status menu item.
This menu item is an indicator only. No entry key functions are processed.
End of Procedure
SYSTEM