1. Ethernet port  Make sure that your computer has an Ethernet connection (RJ45 port).  Power the zSeries on and make sure the “network link” LED is solid green. This application note describes how to connect your computer directly to a Newport zSeries using a cross-over Ethernet cable and communicate with the zSeries over TCP/IP protocol.  Click on your Windows “Start” menu and select “Control Panel” from the list of options. The Control Panel window will pop up.  Take a cross-over Ethernet cable and connect one end of it to your computer and the other end to the zSeries.  Double-click on “Network Connections” icon. zSeries with default IP address of 192.168.1.200 Cross-over Ethernet cable

2.  Fill out the fields for the IP address and Subnet mask exactly as indicated here. Press OK on this window and all other remaining windows.  Now, you need to reboot your computer.  You now have “Network Connections” window opened. The “Local Area Connection” icon has all the settings for your Ethernet connection. Double-click on this icon.  Click on “Properties” button.  Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click on “Properties” button.

3.  Once your PC is back up, open your browser and type the zSeries’ default IP address of 192.168.1.200 in the “Address” window of your browser and press the “Enter” key. You will soon be inside the home page of the zSeries’ WEB server and from there you can access all the readings and charts.