Gpib-Vxi (E1406A) Interfaces - Agilent Technologies E2094S User Manual

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For a GPIB-VXI interface, VISA uses a DLL supplied by the Command
Module vendor to translate the VISA VXI calls to Command Module
commands that are vendor-specific. The DLL required for Agilent
Command Modules is installed by the Agilent IO Libraries Suite
installer. This DLL is installed by default when Agilent VISA is
installed.

GPIB-VXI (E1406A) Interfaces

Windows PC GPIB
GPIB Card
Example: GPIB-VXI (E1406A) Interface
The GPIB-VXI interface system in the following figure consists of a
Windows PC with an Agilent 82350 GPIB card that connects to an
E1406A command module in a VXI mainframe. The VXI mainframe
includes one or more VXI instruments.
When Agilent IO Libraries Suite was installed, a GPIB-VXI driver with
GPIB address 9 was also installed, and the E1406A was configured for
primary address 9 and logical address (LA) 0. The three VXI
instruments shown have logical addresses 8, 16, and 24.
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