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The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver

This chapter gives you extra information about installing and getting started with the Agilent 816x VXIplug&play instrument driver.

There are details about opening and closing an instrument session, data types and constants used, error handling, and the programming environments supported.

Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver . . . . . . . . . 214

Using Visual Programming Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Getting Started with Agilent VEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Getting Started with LabView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Getting Started with LabWindows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver . . . . . . . 225

Directory Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Opening an Instrument Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Closing an Instrument Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

VISA Data Types and Selected Constant Definitions . . . 229

Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Introduction to Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Example Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

VISA-Specific Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Development Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Online Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Lambda Scan Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

How to Perform a Lambda Scan Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

How to Perform a Multi-Frame Lambda Scan Application . . . 239

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8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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