Workgroup Analyzer
Acccessing the Analyzer through the User Interface Software
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Launch OptiView Reporter for selected analyzer
Launches the OptiView Reporter application (if installed on your PC) and
connects to the selected analyzer. OptiView Reporter is an optional software
package that allows you to generate a variety of professional reports based on
measurements taken by an OptiView
TM
Workgroup Analyzer or an OptiView
TM
Integrated Network Analyzer.
Update firmware for selected OptiView
TM
Workgroup Analyzer
Updates the firmware on the analyzer by downloading from the controlling PC.
Perform analyzer firmware updates when the local host software revision is newer
than the firmware revision displayed next to the selected analyzer. This button is
enabled only when selecting an OptiView
TM
Workgroup Analyzer through the
Management port. It does not apply to OptiView
TM
Integrated analyzers.
Installing the User Interface Software
The user interface software can be installed on Win98 SE, WinNT 4.0, Win2000,
and WinXP operating systems.
To install the user interface software from CD-ROM, insert the OptiView
TM
Resource CD-ROM into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. Autorun will execute and load
the CD-ROM user interface. If autorun is disabled on your PC, execute the file
launch.exe located in the root directory of the CD-ROM. Follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, you will be able to launch the OptiView
Browser
TM
from your desktop (see Figure 3), select an analyzer from the OptiView
Browser
TM
list, or enter the IP address of the analyzer, and gain access to valuable
network information through the user interface software (see Figure 4).
User Interface Events that will Terminate a Remote Session
The active TCP/IP session between the user interface software and the analyzer
can be severed under the following conditions:
• IP parameters are manually changed on the analyzer and Apply is selected in
the Management port TCP/IP setup screen
Note
The following conditions only apply to the 10/100BASE-T, 100BASE-
FX, or 1000BASE-X ports, and not to the Management port.
• Auto Reconfigure on Network Change is checked in the TCP/IP setup
screen and the analyzer patch cable is disconnected and reconnected to another
jack
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