E2050A Setup Instructions


  1. Assign the HP E2050A LAN/GPIB Gateway an IP address based on it's HW MAC Address.
  2.                                 The HW MAC address will be in the form: 08:00:09:1A:DE:80
                                    Your router should support DHCP Reservations via HW MAC address.
                                    The router will need to be restarted for the settings to take effect.
                                
  3. Hold down the HP E2050A reset button while applying power.
  4.                                 The "Conn" LED should start blinking quickly, which identifies that the E2050A has been reset and the current settings have been cleared.
                                
  5. Telnet to the IP address reserved via the HP E2050A HW MAC address in the router using PuTTY or a similar Telnet terminal application.
  6.                                 [user@machine ~] 
                                    $ telnet 172.16.1.60
                                
  7. Set the configuration parameters as follows:
  8.                                     Welcome to the E2050A LAN/HP-IB Gateway configuration utility.
    
                                        Commands
                                          ?                Show additional commands
                                          exit, quit       Exit WITHOUT saving configuration changes
                                          reboot           Save configuration changes and restart
                                          status           Show the LAN/HP-IB Gateway connection status
    
                                        Configuration Parameters
                                          hostname:        hpiblana        # Internet domain name
                                          hardware-addr:   0800091ADE80    # Ethernet station address
                                          ip:              172.16.1.60     # Internet Protocol address
                                          default-gw:      172.16.1.1      # Default subnet gateway IP address
                                          subnet-mask:     255.255.255.0   # Network subnet mask
                                          syslog-svr:      172.16.1.10     # Syslog server IP address
                                          bootp:           OFF             # Obtain config via BOOTP/TFTP
                                          lan-timeout:     0               # LAN connect timeout in seconds
                                          io-timeout:      120             # Server I/O timeout in seconds
                                          allow:           *               # IP allow list
    
                                          hpib-address:    21              # HP-IB System Controller Address
                                          hpib-name:       gpib0           # HP-IB interface symbolic name
                                          hpib-unit:       7               # HP-IB logical unit number
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  9. Type "reboot" at the Telnet prompt to apply configuration changes.
  10.                                     > reboot
                                
  11. Telnet to the HP E2050A and verify that the configuration changes have been properly applied.
  12.                                     Welcome to the E2050A LAN/HP-IB Gateway configuration utility.
    
                                        Commands
                                          ?                Show additional commands
                                          exit, quit       Exit WITHOUT saving configuration changes
                                          reboot           Save configuration changes and restart
                                          status           Show the LAN/HP-IB Gateway connection status
    
                                        Configuration Parameters
                                          hostname:        hpiblana        # Internet domain name
                                          hardware-addr:   0800091ADE80    # Ethernet station address
                                          ip:              172.16.1.60     # Internet Protocol address
                                          default-gw:      172.16.1.1      # Default subnet gateway IP address
                                          subnet-mask:     255.255.255.0   # Network subnet mask
                                          syslog-svr:      172.16.1.10     # Syslog server IP address
                                          bootp:           OFF             # Obtain config via BOOTP/TFTP
                                          lan-timeout:     0               # LAN connect timeout in seconds
                                          io-timeout:      120             # Server I/O timeout in seconds
                                          allow:           *               # IP allow list
    
                                          hpib-address:    21              # HP-IB System Controller Address
                                          hpib-name:       gpib0           # HP-IB interface symbolic name
                                          hpib-unit:       7               # HP-IB logical unit number
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