Agilent Technologies 82350B manual Accessing Programming Manuals and Help

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See the applicable User’s Guide, such as the Visual Basic User’s Guide, for programming guidelines. You can also find additional programming examples using various IO Libraries and instrument drivers in the instrument User’s Guide. After the 82350 is successfully installed and configured, it should act as a transparent interface for programming GPIB instruments.

For information on programming using Agilent VISA, see the Agilent VISA User’s Guide. For information on VISA COM and for function references for VISA, VISA COM, and SICL, see the IO Libraries Suite Online Help.

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You can access .pdf copies of the Agilent VISA User’s Guide and the Agilent SICL User’s Guide for Windows from the blue circled IO icon on the Windows Notification Area. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these manuals.

To access the Agilent VISA User’s Guide, click the IO icon and then click Documentation VISA Users Guide. To access the Agilent SICL User’s Guide for Windows, click the IO icon and then click Documentation SICL Users Guide. To access VISA COM information, and function references for VISA, VISA COM, and SICL, click the IO icon and then click Documentation Help Topics > VISA

COM Help.

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82350B Installation and Configuration Guide

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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