LAN Connection via Remote IO Server PC

This configuration uses a PC-to-instrument connection with a second PC running the Remote IO Server software included in the Keysight IO Libraries Suite. The Remote IO Server, when running on a remote (server) PC, allows you to access and control instruments connected to that remote PC from your local (client) PC. There are several benefits of connecting to the instrument using the Remote IO Server capability. It is sometimes necessary to access a test instrument from two places, such as on the production floor and from your workbench. If you configure this instrument on a remote interface, you can use the same addressing method and test program code from either PC.

To set up this type of system:

1. Connect the instruments to the remote I/O server PC, as described in the instruments' documentation. Use GPIB, RS-232 (serial), or USB to connect the instruments.
   
   
2. On the server PC, run Keysight Connection Expert. To start the Remote IO Server software, click Settings, then Remote IO Server options, select the check box labeled Enable Remote IO Server, and then click Accept.
   
   
3. Go to the client PC (the computer from which you will control the instruments) and launch Connection Expert, if it is not already running.
   
   
4. Select Manual Configuration in Connection Expert, then select Add New Instruments/Interfaces.
   
   
5. Choose a remote GPIB, remote USB, and/or remote serial interface (depending on which interfaces you used to connect instruments to the remote IO server PC).
   
   
6. Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote IO server PC.
   
   
7. Click Test Connection to ensure that your connection to the remote IO server is active.
   
   
8. Click Accept to save your changes.
   
   
9. Select Instruments. You will see the instruments connected to this interface in your list of instruments. These remote instruments will now appear to your programs as local GPIB, USB, and/or serial instruments.