Agilent Technologies E5071C Manual page 1153

E5071C
STEP 1. Starting VISA
The VISA system startup session is processed in Line 90 in the sample
program ctrl_ext.vba. VISA's viOpenDefaultRM function initializes and starts
up the VISA system. The viOpenDefaultRM function must be executed
before other VISA functions are called, and the parameter of this function
is startup information (Defrm in ctrl_ext.vba).
Syntax
viOpenDefaultRM(param)
Parameter
Parameter
Description
Data type
STEP 2. Connection
The connection session is handled in Line 130. VISA's
makes connection with the specified instrument. The
1380
(param)
Startup information (output)
Long integer type
function
viOpen
function
viOpen