Agilent Technologies 6834B, 6814B, 6843A External References, SCPI References, GPIB References

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External References

SCPI References

The following documents will assist you with programming in SCPI:

υBeginner’s Guide to SCPI. Agilent Part No. H2325-90001. Highly recommended for anyone who has not had previous experience programming with SCPI.

υTutorial Description of the General Purpose Interface Bus. Agilent Part No. 5952-0156. Highly recommended for those not familiar with the IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standards.

To obtain a copy of the above documents, contact your local Agilent Sales and Support Office.

GPIB References

The most important GPIB documents are your controller programming manuals - Agilent BASIC, GPIB Command Library for MS DOS, etc. Refer to these for all non-SCPI commands (for example: Local Lockout).

The following are two formal documents concerning the GPIB interface:

υANSI/IEEE Std. 488.1-1987 IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation.

Defines the technical details of the GPIB interface. While much of the information is beyond the need of most programmers, it can serve to clarify terms used in this guide and in related documents.

υANSI/IEEE Std. 488.2-1987 IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols, and Common Commands. Recommended as a reference only if you intend to do fairly sophisticated programming. Helpful for finding precise definitions of certain types of SCPI message formats, data types, or common commands.

The above two documents are available from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.

Agilent VXIplug&play Power Products Instrument Drivers

Agilent VXIplug&play Power Products instrument drivers for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT are now available on the Web at http://www.ag.com/go/drivers. These instrument drivers provide a high- level programming interface to your Agilent Power Products instrument. Agilent VXIplug&play instrument drivers are an alternative to programming your instrument with SCPI command strings. Because the instrument driver’s function calls work together on top of the VISA I/O library, a single instrument driver can be used with multiple application environments.

Supported Applications

〉Agilent VEE

〉Microsoft Visual BASIC

〉Microsoft Visual C/C++

〉Borland C/C++

〉National Instruments LabVIEW

〉National Instruments LabWindows/CVI

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