Agilent Technologies 6000 Series Programming the Oscilloscope, Referencing the IO Library

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2Getting Started

Programming the Oscilloscope

Referencing the IO Library

No matter which instrument programming library you use (SICL, VISA, or VISA COM), you must reference the library from your program.

In C/C++, you must tell the compiler where to find the include and library files (see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite documentation for more information).

To reference the Agilent VISA COM library in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA, which comes with Microsoft Office products like Excel):

1Choose Tools>References... from the main menu.

2In the References dialog, check the “VISA COM 3.0 Type Library”.

3Click OK.

To reference the Agilent VISA COM library in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0:

1Choose Project>References... from the main menu.

2In the References dialog, check the “VISA COM 3.0 Type Library”.

3Click OK.

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Contents Programmer’s Quick Start Guide WA R N I N G Programming the Oscilloscope-At a Glance This Book Contents Index Setting Up Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite software Connect and set up the oscilloscopeUsing the USB Device Interface Using the LAN InterfaceUsing the Gpib Interface Verify the oscilloscope connection Click Test Connection Setting Up Access the Programmer’s Reference To access the Programmer’s Reference help fileTo get the latest versions via the web Getting Started Language for Program ExamplesBasic Oscilloscope Program Structure InitializingCapturing Data Analyzing Captured DataProgramming the Oscilloscope Referencing the IO LibraryOpening the Oscilloscope Connection via the IO Library Using AUToscale to Automate Oscilloscope Setup Initializing the Interface and the OscilloscopeInformation for Initializing the Instrument Using Other Oscilloscope Setup Commands Example Oscilloscope Setup CodeCapturing Data with the DIGitize Command Set TIMebaseMODE to Main or DELayed when using DIGitizeEnsure New Data is Collected Following program example shows a typical setup Aborting a Digitize Operation Over GpibReading Query Responses from the Oscilloscope Express String Variables Using Exact Syntax Reading Query Results into String VariablesReading Query Results into Numeric Variables Reading Definite-Length Block Query Response Data #8000010001000 bytes of dataterminatorSending Multiple Queries and Reading Results Checking Instrument StatusOther Ways of Sending Commands Sending Scpi Commands using Browser Web ControlTelnet Sockets Index Index Page Index

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