Tektronix 2306-LAN User manual

Keithley Instruments

Model 2306-LAN

28775 Aurora Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44139
1-800-833-9200

tek.com/keithley

Communications and Firmware Upgrade Instructions

Overview

This document describes how to use the Model 2306-LAN Battery/Charger Simulator and connect to a local
area network (LAN) and how to upgrade the firmware.

The Model 2306-LAN is a TCP/IP protocol supported instrument. There is one LAN port that supports full
connectivity on a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network. The 2306-LAN automatically detects the network speed.

Figure 1: Model 2306-LAN connection location

Contact your network administrator to confirm your specific network requirements before setting up a
LAN connection.

If you have problems setting up the LAN, refer to LAN troubleshooting (on page 14).

Set up LAN communication on the instrument

The following information describes how to set up manual or automatic LAN communications.

See the Model 2302/2302-PJ/2306/2306-PJ/23-6-VS Battery/Charger Simulator Quick Results Guide
(document number: 2306-903-01) for other setup information and the Model 2302/2302-PJ/2306/2306-PJ/23-6-
VS Battery/Charger Simulator Instruction Manual (document number: 2306-901-01) for other operating
instructions on tek.com/keithley

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LAN cable connection

Connect a LAN cable from your computer to the LAN port on the rear panel of the 2306-LAN.

Figure 2: Model 2306-LAN cable connection

Each device on a LAN (corporate or private) requires a unique IP address. Contact your corporate information
technology (IT) department for details about obtaining an IP address before you connect the 2306-LAN to a
corporate or private network.

Contact your corporate IT department for permission before you connect the 2306-LAN
corporate network.

When the 2306-LAN is shipped, the IP configuration is set to manual and is set to the following values:

Instrument IP address: 192.168.0.2

Gateway: 192.168.0.1

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

These values persist through a power cycle unless they are changed or the LAN RESET button is selected. If
the LAN RESET button is selected, the TCP/IP mode is set to manual. For more detail on the LAN RESET
button, refer to the Check communication settings (on page 3

Configure your computer and the IP address of the instrument on the same network, as indicated in the
following graphic.

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 Set the computer IP address: 192.168.0.3

 Set the instrument IP address (this is the instrument default): 192.168.0.2

Figure 3: Model 2306-LAN configure computer

Check communication settings

Before configuring the LAN, you can check the communications settings on the instrument without making any
changes. Use the navigation keys as indicated in the following figure to navigate through the menu items.

Figure 4: Model 2306-LAN front panel

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To check communications settings on the instrument from the front panel:

1. Press MENU to activate the menu and use the ▲ (up) and ▼ (down) keys to navigate through the primary
menu items.

2. Navigate until VIEW OR CHANGE: LAN is displayed on the screen.

3. Press ENTER to access the LAN menu. Use the ▲ (up) and ▼ (down) keys to navigate through the LAN
menu items.

 METHOD (DHCP method)

 IP-ADDRESS

 GATEWAY

 SUBNET-MASK

 LAN RESET (you can reset the LAN here, if needed)

 PORT

 MAC_ADDRESS (this cannot be changed)

4. Press ENTER to access the menu and review the settings for the interface.

5. Press ENTER again to save changes or press MENU to leave the menu without making any changes.

Manually setup the LAN configuration

The following information details how to set up the 2306-LAN IP configuration, IP address, gateway, subnet
mask, port, and LAN configuration on the instrument from the front panel.

Contact your corporate information technology (IT) department to secure a valid IP address for the

rument when placing the instrument on a corporate network.

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The instrument IP address has leading zeros, but the computer IP address does not.

To manually set up the instrument from the front panel:

Press MENU to
the main menu.

1. Press MENU to activate the menu. Use the ▲ (up) and ▼ (down) keys to go to VIEW OR CHANGE: LAN.

2. P

ress ENTER to access the LAN menu. Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to navigate through the LAN menu items.

3. To set the IP configuration DHCP method, go to the METHOD menu and press ENTER. Use ▲ and ▼ t
display MANUAL or AUTO and change the IP configuration.

leave the menu without making any changes. Press ENTER to save and return to

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4. To set the IP address, go to IP-ADDRESS and press ENTER. Use ▲ and ▼ and ◄ and ► to enter a valid

P address. The default IP address is 192.168.000.002.

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5. To set the GATEWAY, go to GATEWAY and press ENTER. Use ▲ and ▼ and ◄ and ► to enter a vali
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ATEWAY address. The default GATEWAY is 192.168.000.001.

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6. To set the SUBNET-MASK, go to SUBNET-MASK and press ENTER. Use ▲ and ▼and ◄ and ► to enter
a valid SUBNET-MASK. The Default SUBNET-MASK is 255.255.255.000.

7. To set the PORT, go to PORT and press ENTER. Use ▲ and ▼ and ◄ and ► to enter a valid PORT
number. The default PORT is 5025. Range (0 through 65535).

8. To reset the LAN configuration, go to LAN RESET and press ENTER. Select YES to reset all LAN
configurations (select CANCEL to keep the current LAN configuration).

9. Press ENTER for the LAN configuration to take effect and return to the main menu.

LAN configuration through a computer

You will need to download the 2306-LAN Configuration Tool from the Product Support and Downloads web

page. This tool provides the interface needed to set up the 2306-LAN IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and

port from a computer. Once the executable file for the configuration tool has been downloaded to your
computer, the following information describes how to install and use the tool.

For firmware upgrade information, go to Firmware upgrade instructions (on pag

Do not use this configuration procedure for the Series 2300 models 2302, 2303, 2306, or 2308
instruments.

To use the LAN Configuration Tool:

1. Double-click the 2306-LAN Configuration Tool.exe file.

2. Select Scan Devices.

Figure 5: Scan devices

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