Chapter 3 Programming Examples - Rigol DS1204B Programming Manual

Programming Examples

Chapter 3 Programming Examples

This chapter lists some programming examples in the development environments of
Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0 and LabVIEW 8.6. All the examples are based on
VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture).
VISA is an API (Application Programming Interface) used for controlling instruments.
It is convenient for users to develop testing applications which are independent of
the types of instrument and interface. Note that "VISA" here we mention is NI
(National Instrument)-VISA. NI-VISA is an API written by NI based on VISA standard.
You can use NI-VISA to achieve the communication between the oscilloscope and PC
via GPIB, USB, RS232, LAN and such instrument bus. As VISA has defined a set of
software commands, users can control the instrument without understanding the
working state of the interface bus. For more details, please refer to NI-VISA help.
A typical application of VISA contains the fowling parts:
1. Set up the conversation for the existing resource
2. Configure the resource (such as: Baud rate)
3. Close the conversation
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