Problem connecting USRP-2920 with a Macbook Pro via NI-VISA

[nikoolasss11]

Hello,

Firstly,I am a beginner in USRP and in this forum too. I am a University student in Electrical Engineering 🙂

I am trying to connect my NI USRP-2920 with my Macbook Pro via NI-VISA.

So,when i open the NI-VISA and choose "Add Static" then "Ethernet Serial" , i type in the Hostname or IP address the USRP's IP which is 192.168.11.3.

When i press ok i get an Error as you can see in the picture. 

Can somebody give me a complete guidance? 

Thank you in advance!

[M0535]

Hi nikoolasss11,

Do you have your USRP connected directly to the Ethernet port on your Macbook?

Are you eventually wanting to control your USRP from your Macbook? If so, I would look into using a Windows boot partition as we have drivers for our USRPs that handle a lot of the communication and connection automatically in the background.

[nikoolasss11]

I have it connected with Startech USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter.

Is it necessary to use a Windows boot partition? Isn't there any more easier way? 

Thank you.

[nikoolasss11]

I've managed to bootcamp my Macbook. It runs Windows 8.1..

When i open the NI-USRP Configuration Utitiliy it still can't find any device.

[Kimchi-Taco]

Hello,

Do you have a any other computer system besides the mac that you can try?  Have you followed the instructions for properly configuring your device starting on page 8?

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/375717e.pdf

Thanks,