Preparations - Keysight B2980 Series Programming Manual

NOTE
Step 1. Connect Keysight B2980 (e.g. GPIB address 23) to the computer via GPIB.
Step 2. Launch Visual Basic .NET and create a new project. The project type should be
Step 3. Add the following references to the project.
Step 4. Open a module (e.g. Module1.vb) in the project. And enter a program code as
Step 5. Save the project as your template (e.g. \test\my_temp).

Preparations

This section provides the basic information for programming of the automatic
measurement using the Keysight B2980, Keysight IO Libraries, and Microsoft
Visual Basic .NET.
• "To Create Your Project Template"
• "To Create Measurement Program"
To execute the example programs in this chapter, you need to install Keysight GPIB
interface, Keysight IO Libraries Suite, and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET on your
computer.
To Create Your Project Template
Before starting programming, create your project template, and keep it as your
reference. It will remove the conventional task in the future programming. This
section explains how to create a project template.
Console Application to simplify the programming.
• VISA COM 3.0 (or later) Type Library
• Ivi.Visa.Interop
• System.IO
template. See Table 2-1 for example.
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Programming Examples
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