- Assign the HP E2050A LAN/GPIB Gateway an IP address based on it's HW MAC Address.
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.
- Hold down the HP E2050A reset button while applying power.
The "Conn" LED should start blinking quickly, which identifies that the E2050A has been reset and the current settings have been cleared.
- Telnet to the IP address reserved via the HP E2050A HW MAC address in the router using PuTTY or a similar Telnet terminal application.
[user@machine ~]
$ telnet 172.16.1.60
- Set the configuration parameters as follows:
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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- Type "reboot" at the Telnet prompt to apply configuration changes.
> reboot
- Telnet to the HP E2050A and verify that the configuration changes have been properly applied.
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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