Gpib Communication - Agilent Technologies Cary 8454 Installation Manual

6 GPIB Communication, Connections and Configuration

GPIB Communication

GPIB Communication

IEEE- 488 is a short- range, digital communications bus specification.
Originally created for use with automated test equipment, the standard is
still in wide use for that purpose. IEEE- 488 is also commonly known as
HP- IB (Hewlett- Packard Instrument Bus) and GPIB (General Purpose
Interface Bus).
GPIB communication can be used to control Analytical instruments by
means of a controller. The Agilent Cary 8454 UV- Visible spectrophotometer
and the optional Peltier Temperature Station 89090A have build- in GPIB
interfaces.
PCs are the common controllers today. Most PCs do not offer a GPIB
interface by default. However, such interfaces can be added. Two different
types of interfaces are supported by the UV- Visible ChemStation software:
the PCI interface board Agilent 82350A/B and the USB to GPIB converter
interface 82357A/B.
To configure the GPIB interface on the PC and provide the interface
driver for the PC's operating system, the Agilent IO Libraries Suite 16.1 is
required.
The following steps are required to setup GPIB communication:
1 Installing an GPIB Interface
2 Connecting the intrument(s) with the controller: GPIB Cabling
3 Installation of the Agilent GPIB Communication Library
4 Configuration of the GPIB interface:
5 Configuring an Agilent Cary 8454 UV- Visible Spectrophotometer
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Configuring the Agilent 82350 GPIB Interface
Configuring the Agilent 82357 USB - GPIB Interface
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