A few months ago, I wrote an application note describing how to use a mobile router to wirelessly access one of our data acquisition/switch units. While the app note focused on controlling a data acquisition instrument, the process to connect wirelessly is identical for any well-behaved LAN-enabled product. So I grabbed one of the mobile routers I used to prove out the method described in the app note and connected it to the SAS. Within just a few minutes, I was able to change the firmware in the SAS from my cube located 100 feet away, without connecting the SAS to a wired LAN – I simply used my laptop’s built-in wireless.

In this case, I used the Sapido RB-1632 mobile router, shown in the photo below.

If you want to read the details about how to wirelessly connect to an instrument, refer to one of the following application notes. Once again, these were written to control the 34972A, but the same process can be applied to any well-behaved LAN-enabled instrument (LXI compliance is recommended).
“Access Your 34972A Wirelessly with a Sapido Mobile Router”:
http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-8734EN.pdf
“Access Your 34972A Wirelessly with a TRENDnet Travel Router”:
http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-8286EN.pdf
Gorgeous, Must be useful!
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