User`s guide

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Connecting Instruments to LAN
Step 3: Connect Your Instruments
Connect Devices to Private LAN
This section shows typical ways you can connect LAN-enabled instruments
and interface devices such as routers, hubs, and switches to a private LAN,
assuming your PC is properly configured for LAN operation.
Two example network connections follow that you can use as templates
to connect your instruments to a private LAN. Modify the connections as
required for your application. When you have completed the instrument and
device connections, go to Step 4: Install I/O Software on Your PC
.
Example: Direct Connections (Private LAN)
This figure shows one way to directly connect a Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/
XP PC with a LAN-enabled instrument. Suggested connection steps follow.
1
Turn Power OFF. Remove power from the instrument.
2
Connect Instrument to the LAN. Use a standard CAT5 crossover cable
to connect the instrument to the LAN.
3
Turn Power ON. Apply power to the instrument and verify proper
instrument power-on sequence. See the instrument’s User’s Guide for
information on instrument power-on sequences.
NOTE
The example connection steps assume the PC is properly configured for
LAN operation. If this is not the case and you need to configure the PC,
see Configuring Your PC for LAN Operation.
CAT5 Crossover Cable
PC
Instrument
To Network
Interface Card (NIC)
To LAN Port