Gpib References; Vxiplug&Play Power Products Instrument Drivers; Supported Applications; System Requirements - Keysight Technologies N3301A Programming Manual

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GPIB References

The most important GPIB documents are your controller programming manuals - GW BASIC, GPIB
Command Library for MS DOS, etc. Refer to these for all non-SCPI commands (for example: Local
Lockout).
The following are two formal documents concerning the GPIB interface:
 ANSI/IEEE Std. 488.1-1987 IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation.
Defines the technical details of the GPIB interface. While much of the information is beyond the
need of most programmers, it can serve to clarify terms used in this guide and in related
documents.
 ANSI/IEEE Std. 488.2-1987 IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols, and Common
Commands. Recommended as a reference only if you intend to do fairly sophisticated
programming. Helpful for finding precise definitions of certain types of SCPI message formats,
data types, or common commands.
The above two documents are available from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers),
345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
VXIplug&play Power Products Instrument Drivers
VXIplug&play instrument drivers for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT are now available on the
Web at http://www.keysight.com/find/drivers. These instrument drivers provide a high-level
programming interface to your Keysight Technologies electronic load. VXIplug&play instrument drivers
are an alternative to programming your instrument with SCPI command strings. Because the instrument
driver's function calls work together on top of the VISA I/O library, a single instrument driver can be
used with multiple application environments.

Supported Applications

Keysight VEE
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Microsoft Visual BASIC
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Microsoft Visual C/C++
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Borland C/C++
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National Instruments LabVIEW
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National Instruments LabWindows/CVI
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System Requirements

The VXIplug&play instrument driver complies with the following:
Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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HP VISA revision F.01.02
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National Instruments VISA 1.1
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Downloading and Installing the Driver

Before installing the VXIplug&play instrument driver, make sure that you have one of the
NOTE:
supported applications installed and running on your computer.
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