76 Keysight B2980B User’s Guide, Edition 1
Installation
Communicating Over the LAN
To launch the graphical web interface:
1. Open a Web browser on your computer.
2. Enter the instrument’s hostname or IP address into the browser’s Address field
to launch the graphical web interface. The B2980 home page will appear.
3. Click on the Browser Web Control button in the navigation bar on the left to
begin controlling your instrument.
4. For additional help about any page, click “Help with this Page.”
If desired, you can control the access to the graphical web interface using
password protection. As shipped from the factory, the password is set to Keysight
or keysight. To change the password, click on the View & Modify Configuration
button. Refer to the online help for additional information about setting the
password.
Using Telnet
The Telnet utility (as well as sockets), is another way to communicate with B2980
without using I/O libraries or drivers. In all cases, you must first establish a LAN
connection from your computer to the B2980 as previously described.
In an MS-DOS Command Prompt box, type “telnet hostname 5024” where
hostname is the B2980’s hostname or IP address, and 5024 is the instrument’s
telnet port. You should get a Telnet session box with a title indicating that you are
connected to the B2980. Type the SCPI commands at the prompt.
Using Sockets
B2980 allows any combination of up to four simultaneous data socket, control
socket, or telnet connections to be made.
Keysight instruments are standardized on using port 5025 for SCPI socket
services. A data socket on this port can be used to send and receive ASCII/SCPI
commands, queries, and query responses. All commands must be terminated with
a newline for the message to be parsed. All query responses will also be
terminated with a newline.
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