Features Of The Agilent 816X Instrument Driver - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver

Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
Features of the Agilent 816x
Instrument Driver
The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play instrument driver conforms to all aspects
of the VXIplug&play driver standard which apply to conventional rack and
stack instruments.
The following features are available:
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver conforms with the VXI-
plug&play standard.
• There is one exception as the Agilent 816x driver does not have a soft
front panel or a knowledge-based file.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver is built on top of VISA,
and uses the services provided.
• VISA supports GPIB and VXI protocols. The driver can be used with any
GPIB card for which the manufacturer has provided a VISA DLL.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver includes a Function
Panel (.fp) file.
• The .fp file allows the driver to be used with visual programming environ-
ments such as Agilent VEE, LabWindows, and LabView.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver includes a comprehen-
sive on-line help file which complements the instrument manual.
• The help file contains application programming examples, a cross-refer-
ence between instrument commands and driver functions, and detailed
documentation of each function with examples.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver includes a Visual Basic
(.BAS) file which contains the function calls in Visual Basic syntax, and
allows the driver functions to be called from Visual Basic.
You should only use Visual Basic with this driver if you are familiar with
C/C++ function declarations. You must take particular care when
working with C/C++ pointers.
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