Parr Instrument 6100 - Manual (Page 60)

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Communications Interfaces
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Network Interface
Calorimeter test data can be transferred to an Eth-
ernet network connected computer using the FTP
File Transfer Protocol. First, you must know the IP
address of the network-connected calorimeter. The
network DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Proto-
col) server provides this address shortly after the
calorimeter is turned on. The address can be seen
on the “software and hardware info” page, under
“program information and control”. See the example
screenshot.
Users who don’t have a network infrastructure can
create a simple network by connecting a router with
DHCP server capability to the calorimeter using
an ordinary CAT 5 network cable. The calorimeter
should be connected to LAN side of the router. The
PC in turn is also connected to the LAN side of the
router using a similar CAT 5 cable. A D-Link 614+
router is recommended for this purpose. For this
router, operated without a WAN connection, the pri-
mary DNS address of the router (WAN setup) must
be set to the IP address of the router found on the
LAN setup page. Other routers behave differently
in the absence of a WAN connection. Providing an
active upstream connection to the WAN port of most
routers generally minimizes the use of any obscure
setup configurations.
A static IP address can be assigned by turning off
the DHCP (Automatic Setting) on the Network Com-
munications Page.
An FTP enabled web browser can be used to access
stored test data. The URL is of the following form.
ftp://root:[email protected]/../flash/data/
The datalog file can be accessed at:
ftp://root:[email protected]/../flash/log/datalog.
csv
In this case, 192.168.0.125 is the IP address of the
calorimeter.
After any changes to the Network Configuration
the calorimeter will prompt the user to restart the
system.