How to configure GPIB board assignments programmatically?

[jlehrer]

Is there an API or proceedure to configure GPIB-ENET/100 board assignments programmatically on a host PC running WindowsXP?

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Alternatively if there was a way to get the ethernet address, MAC address, or serial number of an GPIB-ENET/100 from only its GPIB board number assignment that would work too.

[Matt_S.]

1) There is no way to programmatically configure your assignments on the XP pc.

2) Here's a possible way to find the serial number based on the ethernet address of that device.

The first eight number of all GPIB-ENET box’s MAC address are the same. The format is 00:80:2F:FF:xx:xx. There is a serial number or bar code number (depending of the version of GPIB-ENET box), usually in a decimal number like 00xxxx. Convert it to Hex, and it will be the last four number of the Ethernet address. For example, if you have a bar code number 008991, the hex equivalent is 231F, so the Ethernet address is 00:80:2F:FF:23:1F. Use the calculated one rather than the one printed on the box.

Regards,
-Matt S.