Agilent Technologies 75000 SERIES B, E1301B Checking Driver Status, Downloading Multiple Drivers

Downloading Multiple Drivers

The driver downloader software automatically checks for the existence of other drivers when it is run. If there are device drivers present, it will abort the process and inform you that you must first clear the other device drivers out of the mainframe and then download all of the required drivers at once. The easiest way to accomplish this is to place copies of all of the device drivers into a single directory on your hard disk along with the downloader, or onto the same floppy disk. The download program will look in its own directory first, and download any device drivers it finds.

1.Move all of your device drivers into a single directory with the downloaders.

2.Clear the DRAM memory in the mainframe (send "DIAG:DRAM:CRE 0" and "DIAG:BOOT" to the System Instrument).

3.Execute or load and run the appropriate device driver software, as described above.

All device drivers in the directory or on the same floppy disk as the driver downloader will be downloaded automatically after the system checks to make sure that there are no other device drivers already loaded. You can change several aspects of the downloading procedure by editing the configuration file .

Checking Driver Status

Once your drivers are downloaded, you can use the System Instrument command DIAG:DRIV:LIST? to check their status. In the format shown, this command lists all types of drivers. You can specify the type (ALL, RAM or ROM) by using DIAG:DRIV:LIST:type?

NOTE:

•DIAG:DRIV:LIST? lists all drivers in the system.

•DIAG:DRIV:LIST:RAM? lists all drivers found in the RAM driver table DRAM. These are the drivers which you just downloaded into the system.

•DIAG:DRIV:LIST:ROM? lists all drivers found in the ROM driver table. These drivers are always present in the system. If one of these is meant for an instrument which also has a driver in RAM, the driver in RAM will be used by the system.

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