4 Agilent 6000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer’s Quick Start Guide
In This Book
This Programmer’s Quick Start Guide is your introduction to programming
the oscilloscope using an instrument controller PC. This book and the
Programmer’s Reference, which is supplied as a Microsoft Windows help file
on CD, describes the 6000 Series oscilloscope’s programming interface.
This book contains the following information:
•Chapter 1, “Setting Up”, describes the steps you must take before you can
program the oscilloscope. It also describes how to access the
Programmer’s R eference online help file.
•Chapter 2, “Getting Started”, gives a general overview of oscilloscope
program structure and shows how to program the oscilloscope using a few
simple examples.

See Also

• For in-depth information on oscilloscope commands, see the online
Programmer’s R eference help file.
• For more information on using the SICL, VISA, and VISA COM libraries in
general, see the documentation that comes with the Agilent IO Libraries
Suite.
• For information on controller PC interface configuration, see the
documentation for the interface card used (for example, the Agilent
82350A GPIB interface).
• For information on oscilloscope operation, see the User’s Guide.
• For detailed connectivity information, refer to the Agilent Technologies
USB/LAN/GPIB Connectivity Guide, which you can download from the
Agilent web site at the following URL: www.agilent.com/find/connectivity.