Agilent Technologies manual Getting Started, 182350B system overview

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1 Installing and Configuring the 82350

Getting Started

In this guide, an 82350 GPIB Interface System is defined as a system in which GPIB instruments are connected via GPIB cables to an 82350 PCI GPIB Interface Card (called the 82350 in this guide) that is installed in a Windows PC. Figure 1- 1 shows a typical system.

GPIB Cable

PC

Instrument

Instrument

 

 

Connect to 82350 GPIB

Connect to GPIB

 

Interface Card installed in PC.

port on instrument.

 

Figure 1-182350B system overview

Use the following sequence of steps as a guide as you set up your GPIB system. See the associated steps if you need more details. See Chapter 2 - Troubleshooting Guidelines if you need additional information on setting up the 82350 or GPIB instruments.

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Contents PCI Gpib Manual Part Number Safety Notices Safety Symbols Page General Safety Information Environment Conditions Regulatory Markings Page Declaration of Conformity Contents Specifications and Information Installing and Configuring Getting Started 182350B system overviewBefore you install Check your shipmentWindows XP Service Pack 3 or later System requirements1Ghz 32- bit x86, 1GHz 64- bit x64, no support for Itanium64 Create an emergency repair disk Installing the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Checking for installed Agilent IO LibrariesInstalling and Configuring Installing Agilent IO Libraries Suite Click Start Run Installing and Configuring the 82350 If you accept the Typical Installation, click Next and pro Installing and Configuring the 82350 When you are done selecting features, click Next Installing and Configuring the 82350 T E Connecting your instruments Installing the 82350 in your PC4Remove the PC cover Connecting instruments to Installing and Configuring 8Connecting a single Gpib instrument Example Connecting Multiple Gpib Instruments Configuring Installing configuration filesConfiguring the 82350 interface 10Agilent Connection Experts11Configure Gpib card parameters System Installing and Configuring the 82350 Communicating with your instruments Verifying instrument communicationProgramming your instruments 12Agilent Interactive IOAccessing Programming Manuals and Help Example Gpib Interface Configuration 13Interface configuration for multiple instruments Troubleshooting Guidelines Troubleshooting Overview 1Troubleshooting overviewCheck cables/connections/power Hardware ChecksCheck Device Manager Number ffffffff Troubleshooting Guidelines 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Disable Connection Expert Auto-Discovery Software Checks82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Set 82350 Read/Write Performance Mode 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines Check IO Libraries Suite installation Agilent IO Libraries Suite ChecksCheck IO Control operation Install IO Libraries Suite if 82350 was installed first Windows XP/Vista/7 Specifications Information General Requirements General Characteristics +5V PCIAccessing an Electronic Copy of this Guide Contacting Agilent URLSpecifications and Information Index GpibWeb sites, Agilent Contact us