visa server no access permissions

[Spiral]

I'm running visa server on a XP system and want to remote control the instruments connected to it. Here's the problem, there's a forbidden sign on the visa server icon with a message "no access permissions". I checked with MAE, everything looked fine. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. 

-Guanglei 

[mishkin · Accepted solution]

Hey Guanglei,

It sounds like you have not configured the access permissions for NI VISA Server. In MAX, go to Tools > NI VISA > VISA Options, then select Security under VISA Server. Add a new permission and don't forget to click Save: 

 Valid network addresses include letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.), but no spaces. IP addresses (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) or their equivalent DNS names (machine.domain.com) are also valid remote addresses. Other valid entries include "*" for all network addresses, "xxx.xxx.xxx.*" or "xxx.xxx.*" for subnets, and "*.com" or "*.somedomain.com" for domains.

Hope this helps!

[mishkin]

Also, check out the following for more info on remote VISA Server:

Remote Instrument Control with NI-VISA

[Spiral]

Thanks a lot, this solves the problem... I forgot to click save in my own tryouts. 

-Guanglei 

[Y3G]

Hi Misha,

I have a Measurement Device in a remote distance. I could ping and via VNC I could even control the device.

Furthermore I have installed on the Device the Visa, VISA Server and MAX 4.1.

For some reason there is no VISA-Server property on the MAX, so I am on my way to re-install it.

Is this the only component missing on the Remote Device, or do I miss more NI-Components? What is the basic components needed? 

Best regards

Y3G 

[Y3G]

Hi Misha,
After reinstalling several components I got as far as the Article says, but could not get any success.
The target is that the colleague from another point in the world can get access to my Measurement device in order to debug his SW, when putting on his Instrument handler the mnemonic necessary to access it.
On the Server (Measurement Device) the Visa Server is configured accordingly,(Picture Visa Server)
On the Client side (my PC) I have configured also according to the article (see picture) and received an error.

Strange is , when I open a Devices & Interfaces/ Visa TCP/IP resources at TCPIP0::192.168.1.39::inst0::INSTR it found it correctly.
Needless to say that my PC and the Measurement device is currently at the same subnet.

What am I doing wrong.