Agilent Technologies E1301B Downloading Drivers in Gpib Systems with, Progexec ’MSI ,700,1’

Downloading Drivers in GPIB Systems with

IBASIC

NOTE

NOTE

The device driver download program AUTOST provided on the disk with the driver files for use with GPIB must be run from IBASIC (Instrument Basic). It will set up the the required device driver memory and any other memory partitions defined in the configuration file, reboot the system, and download the device driver. This program will issue a warning and abort if any errors are encountered. If there are device drivers present, or if you already have memory allocated for NRAM (User Non-volatile RAM) or RDISK (RAM Disk), you must first clear any existing drivers from the system, and then download all of the required drivers together. You may redefine any NRAM or RDISK areas after downloading the device drivers.

If you wish to see the messages that the download program generates, you need to have a terminal connected to the IBASIC display port. If you have not changed this from its default value of NONE, messages are sent to the built-in RS-232 port.

1.Make sure that your Command Module (E1405) is set to System Controller mode.

2.Put the floppy disk into an appropriate drive.

3.Make sure that the floppy disk is your current drive (for example, type ’MSI ":,700,1"’ and press ENTER).

4.Load the device download program into IBASIC (type ’GET "AUTOST"’ and press ENTER) and run the program (type "RUN" and press ENTER).

5.The download program will check to make sure that there are no device drivers already loaded, and no memory has been allocated for NRAM or RDISK. If either condition exists, the program will issue a warning and abort. If not, it will create the required RAM partitions, reboot the system, and download the device driver on the supplied disk.

Any errors encountered while downloading will be reported and will cause the program to abort.

6.The download program will check to make sure that the driver has been downloaded and is in memory.

If you are using IBASIC but controlling the system over the GPIB, you must put all commands in quotes and prefix them with "PROG:EXEC". A typical command would be:

PROG:EXEC ’MSI ":,700,1"’

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