Features of the Agilent816x Instrument Driver The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
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Features of the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver
The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play instrument driver conforms to all aspects
of the VXIplug&play driver standard which apply to conventional rack and
stack instruments.
The following features are avail able:
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver conforms with the VXI-
plug&play standard.
• There is one exception as the Agilent 816x driver doe s not have a soft
front panel or a kn owledge-based fil e.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Dr iver is built on top of VISA,
and uses the services provided.
• VISA supports GPIB and VXI protocols. The driver can be used with any
GPIB card for which the manufacturer has provided a VISA DLL.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver includes a Function
Panel (.fp) file.
• The .fp file allows the driver to be used with visual programming environ-
ments such as Agilent VEE, LabWindows, and LabView.
• The A gile nt 8 16x VXIpl ug&play Instrument Driver includes a comprehen-
sive on-line help file which complements the instrument manual.
• The help file contains application programming examples, a cross-refer-
ence between instrument commands and driver functions, and detailed
documentation of each function with examples.
• The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver includes a Visual Basic
(.BAS) file which contains the function calls in Visual Bas ic syntax, and
allows the driver functions to be called f rom Visual Basic.
You should only use Visual Basic with this drive r if you are familiar with
C/C++ function declarations. You must take particular care w hen
working with C/C++ pointers.