Using Visual Programming Environments
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
Getting Started with LabView
The 32-bit Agilent 816x driver can be used with LabView 5.0 and above.
LabView 5.0 is a 32-bit version of LabView which runs on Windows 95 and
Windows NT.
After installing the Agilent 816x instrument driver, the driver must be
converted for use with LabView.
To convert the driver follow these steps:
1
a If you are updating from a previously installed driver, perfrorm the following
three steps:
b Locate the LabView program folder. By default, this is
Files\National Instruments\LabView
c This folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib.
Run LabView.
2
On the first window that appears, click on the Solution Wizards button.
3
The LabView Solution Wizard window appears, click on the Launch
4
Wizard... button.
The Welcome to Instrument Wizard! window appears, click on the Next
5
> button.
The Search for Instruments... window appears, click on the Next >
6
button. Check that the options are the same as displayed in the figure
below:
Figure 15 Search for GPIB Instruments
The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
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