Getting Started With Labwindows - HP 8163A Programming Manual

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The HP 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
Using Visual Programming Environments
5 Press OK and confirm the conversion pressing OK in the parent
window. LabView will create the instrument VI library.
6 If the hp816x driver does not appear in the list for being updated,
select Convert CVI FP file from the File menu.
7 You are asked for a function panel file. Locate the hp816x.fp
file, which is normally installed into the path
<drive>:VXIPNP\winXX\hp816x, where XX stands for
NT, 95, or 98. Select hp816x.fp and the driver file
hp818x_32.dll, which is installed in the folder
<drive>:VXIPNP\winXX\bin. Start the conversion with
the same FP options as shown above. After the conversion is
done the file hp816x.llb is created in the same folder, where
the hp816x.fp file is located. Move hp816x.llb to the
folder instr.lib of LabView.
LabView will create a series of VI's, one per driver function. It will
create a file called hp816x.llb which contains these VI's. This
library of VI's can then be accessed like any other VI library in
LabView.
You must use the 32-bit version of the HP 816x driver with LabView
5.0.
LabView is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation

Getting Started with LabWindows

The 32-bit HP 816x driver can be used with LabWindows 4.0 and
above. LabWindows 4.0 is a 32-bit version of LabWindows which
runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
To access the functions of the HP 816x driver from within
LabWindows, select I
select the LOAD... submenu item.
In the file selection dialog box which appears, select hp816x.fp
and click on the OK button. LabWindows loads the function panel
and instrument driver.
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from the main menu, and then
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