Section 10: Instrument programming Model 2601B-PULSE System SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
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Programming interaction
This part of the workspace is where you interact with the scripts that you are building in Test Script
Builder (TSB). The actual contents of the programming interaction area of the workspace can vary.
You can send commands from the Instrument Console command line, retrieve data, view variables
and errors, and view and set breakpoints when using the debug feature.
Password management
The 2601B-PULSE has password capabilities that let you decide how to password protect the
instrument. You can enable password policies to lock the instrument. Locking the instrument prevents
unauthorized access to any remote interface and reserves the instrument exclusively for your use.
When password usage is enabled, you must supply a password to change the configuration or to
control an instrument from a web page or other remote command interface.
If the password feature is enabled, a password is required to view and modify the following
web pages:
• IP configuration
• Set password
Passwords can contain up to 255 characters.
Setting the password from a command or web interface
The attribute localnode.passwordmode enables passwords and sets the mode. The password
mode identifies which interface to password protect.
Use one of the following attributes to set the password mode:
• localnode.PASSWORD_WEB. Passwords are only required for the web interface.
• localnode.PASSWORD_LAN. Enables passwords on all ethernet and web interfaces.
• localnode.PASSWORD_ALL. Protects the LAN and all command and web interfaces.
• localnode.PASSWORD_NONE. Disables all passwords.
The password lock feature on 2601B-PULSE is similar to the lock feature on your computer.
You must enable passwords to use this feature.