LAN Identify
The instrument's main web page has an 'Identify' function which allows the user to send an
identifying command to the instrument which causes its display to flash until the command is
cancelled.
Web Server; Configuration Password Protection
The unit contains a basic web server. This provides information on the instrument and allows it to
be configured. The Configure page can be password protected to deter unauthorised changes to
the remote operation configuration; the default configuration is ‘no password’.
The Configure page itself explains how to set the password. The password can be up to 15
characters long; note that the User Name should be left blank. The password will, however, be
reset to the default (no password) if the rear panel LAN RESET switch is used to reset all the LAN
parameters to their factory default.
The web pages also have an ‘Identify’ function which allows the user to send an identifying
command to the instrument which causes its display to flash until the command is cancelled.
ICMP Ping Server
The unit contains an ICMP server allowing the instrument to be ‘pinged’ via either its host name or
IP address.
VXI-11 Discovery Protocol
The instrument has very limited support of VXI-11 which is sufficient for the discovery protocol and
no more.
The instrument implements a Sun RPC Port-mapper on TCP port 111 and UDP port 111 as
defined in RPC1183. The calls supported are: NULL, GET PORT and DUMP.
On TCP port 1024 a very simple VXI-11 protocol is implemented sufficient only for instrument
discovery. This implements the following calls: CREATE LINK, DEVICE_WRITE, DEVICE_READ
and DESTROY_LINK.
Once a link has been created anything written to the device is ignored and any read from the
device returns the identification string as would be expected from a “*IDN?” of the form
”Manufacturer, Model, Serial No., X.xx”, where ‘X.xx’ is the revision of the firmware.
for example: THURLBY THANDAR, QPX600DP, 279730, 1.00
The firmware is user field updateable via the USB port.