# Connection to the UR5e with my own laptop

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/connection-to-the-ur5e-with-my-own-laptop/29664>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/connection-to-the-ur5e-with-my-own-laptop/29664 "2023-07-24T20:26:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/connection-to-the-ur5e-with-my-own-laptop/29664/1 "2023-07-24T20:26:22Z")

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I am a new user beginning to use UR5e. I have followed the instruction to change my static address to my laptop IP and also connected the ethernet wire but when I run my python file I meet with this problem:

C:\Users\xjys\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\control\timeresp.py:940: UserWarning: return\_x specified for a transfer function system. Internal conversion to state space used; results may meaningless.  
warnings.warn(  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “c:\Users\xjys\Desktop\Servoj\_RTDE\_UR5-main\automatic\_sine\_sweep\_servoj\_joint\_control\_fixing\_end\_effector\_Base\_Shoulder\_Elbow\_system\_ID\_Xingjian.py”, line 419, in   
connection\_state = con.connect()  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “c:\Users\xjys\Desktop\Servoj\_RTDE\_UR5-main\rtde\rtde.py”, line 92, in connect  
self.\_\_sock.connect((self.hostname, self.port))  
TimeoutError: timed out

what does this mean?  
Thanks