Getting Started with the Agilent E1438
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Severalare included that perform useful tasks and can serve as a basis for your own programs. When you installed your Agilent E1438 Windows libraries and drivers using the setup program or utility, you also installed executable and source code files for several useful example programs. The programs demonstrate programming the module with "C", Microsoft Visual Basic,
The executables for these examples require an Agilent E1438 and, for Windows, VXIplug&play support; in other words, they will not run in simulation mode like the Agilent E1438 Soft Front Panel program.
Shortcuts for the executables appear in the age1438 Windows program group if you added it during setup.
In Windows environments, executable files and source code for the Microsoft Visual Basic examples are installed in the drive:\vxipnp\win[95NT]\age1438\vb directory. The "C" examples are in the ...\age1438\msc\examples directory.
The group of programs described here may be supplemented with additional programs later, which will be described in the online help or readme file.
ACVolts_32.exe
This is the simplest practical complete program using the Agilent E1438, and it functions like an AC voltmeter. It is written in Visual Basic.
acvolts.exe
This is a console version of acvolts_32.exe, written in Microsoft Visual C++.
Benchmark_32.exe
This performance benchmark program is really more of a utility than an example, although source code is provided. It allows users to measure data transfer rates and command processing times on their system without having to write new code. The utility is written in Visual Basic.
bench.exe
This is a console version of Benchmark_32.exe, written in Microsoft Visual C++.
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