Agilent Technologies manual Getting Started with the Agilent E1438

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Getting Started with the Agilent E1438

To use the VXIplug&play Soft FrontTousethePanelVXIplug&play(SPF)SoftFrontPanel(SPF)

In a Windows environment, the Soft Front Panel is the best place to start to explore the capabilities of the Agilent E1438. The Soft Front Panel is useful for checking your system to make sure that it is installed correctly and that all of its parts are working. You can also use it to make actual measurements, since it accesses most of the Agilent E1438’s functionality.

Select theshortcut in your program group to start the program. This assumes you have already installed all required hardware and drivers (including VISA) and have run the configurator and Resource Manager required by your hardware interface.

If prompted for the resource descriptor, use the default "VXI::192" unless the logical address of the Agilent E1438 has been changed from its default setting of 192. If it has been changed, type the appropriate logical address instead of 192, then press OK.

You can also run the Agilent E1438 Front Panel in a simulation mode without an Agilent E1438 Note module, a hardware interface, or VISA libraries by typing "sim" in place of the resource

descriptor.

The Agilent E1438 Front Panel Help, available from the Soft Front Panel Help menu, describes the capability of the Soft Front Panel and has links to functions that control and define many of the parameters.

The source files for this program are provided for you to use as sample code.

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