Scpi.net Example In Visual Basic .Net - Agilent Technologies Infiniium 90000 Series Programmer's Manual

SCPI.NET Example in Visual Basic .NET

To compile and run this example in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008:
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For more information, see the SCPI.NET driver help that comes with
Agilent Command Expert.
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' Agilent SCPI.NET Example in Visual Basic .NET
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' This program illustrates a few commonly used programming
' features of your Agilent oscilloscope.
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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Agilent.CommandExpert.ScpiNet.AgInfiniium90000_3_10
Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
Install the Agilent Command Expert software and the command set for
the oscilloscope.
Open Visual Studio.
Create a new Visual Basic, Windows, Console Application project.
Cut- and- paste the code that follows into the Visual Basic .NET source
file.
Edit the program to use the VISA address of your oscilloscope.
Add a reference to the SCPI.NET 3.0 driver:
Right- click the project you wish to modify (not the solution) in the
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Solution Explorer window of the Microsoft Visual Studio
environment.
Choose Add Reference....
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In the Add Reference dialog, select the Browse tab, and navigate to
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the ScpiNetDrivers folder.
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Agilent\
Command Expert\ScpiNetDrivers
• Windows 7: C:\ProgramData\Agilent\Command Expert\
ScpiNetDrivers
Select the .dll file for your oscilloscope, for example
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AgInfiniium90000_1_10.dll; then, click OK.
Right- click the project you wish to modify (not the solution) in the
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Solution Explorer window of the Microsoft Visual Studio environment
and choose Properties; then, select "Infiniium.ScpiNetInstrumentApp"
as the Startup object.
Build and run the program.
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