Keysight E8257D - RS-232 Interface Configuration

8 Keysight E8257D/67D & E8663D PSG Signal Generators Installation Guide
Getting Started
Configuring for Remote Control
NOTE To remotely access the signal generator from a different LAN subnet, you must also enter the
subnet mask and default gateway. See your system administrator to obtain the appropriate
values.
7. Press the Proceed With Reconfiguration softkey and then the Confirm Change (Instrument will Reboot)
softkey.
This action assigns a hostname and IP address (as well as a gateway and subnet mask, if these
have been configured) to the signal generator. The hostname, IP address, gateway and subnet
mask are not affected by an instrument preset or by a power cycle.
DHCP Configuration
1. Press Utility > GPIB/RS-232 LAN > LAN Setup.
NOTE If the DHCP server uses dynamic DNS to link the hostname with the assigned IP address,
the hostname may be used in place of the IP address. Otherwise, the hostname is not usable
and you may skip steps 2 through 4.
2. Press Hostname.
NOTE Hostname field will only be available when the DHCP is off (Manual mode).
3. Use the labeled text softkeys and/or numeric keypad to enter the desired hostname.
To erase the current hostname, press Editing Keys > Clear Text.
4. Press Enter.
5. Set LAN Config Manual DHCP to DHCP.
6. Press the Proceed With Reconfiguration softkey and then the Confirm Change (Instrument will Reboot)
softkey.
This action configures the signal generator as a DHCP client. In DHCP mode, the signal generator
will request a new IP address from the DHCP server upon rebooting. You can return to the LAN
Setup menu after rebooting to determine the assigned IP address.
RS-232 Interface Configuration
1. Press Utility > GPIB/RS-232 LAN > RS-232 Setup.
2. Press RS-232 Baud Rate.
3. Press the desired baud rate softkey.
4. Press RS-232 Echo Off On.
This toggles the state of the SCPI echoing on the RS- 232 connection. Set as desired.
5. Press Reset RS-232.
This deletes the data from the RS- 232 buffer, discarding any unprocessed SCPI input received
over RS- 232.
These RS- 232 parameters are persistent states; these states are not affected by an instrument preset
or power cycle.