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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Programming the RF Switch

Using This Chapter

This chapter gives guidelines to program the Cascade RF Switch module
(RF Switch) including:
•InstallingDeviceDrivers..............................19
•AddressingtheSwitch ...............................20
•ProgrammingExamples..............................21

Installing Device Drivers

Before you can use the Cascade RF Switch module, you may need to install
device drivers. The type of driver(s) to be installed depend on whether you
use an E1406 Command Module or another type of comm and module. The
two types of drivers applicable to the RF Switch module are VXIplug&play
Instrument Drivers (installed on your PC) and SCPI Instrument Drivers
(downloaded into the E1406 Command Module).
NOTE It is highly recommended the SCPI Instrument driver b e installed whether
the VXI instrument is programmed using its VXIplug&play driver or using
SCPI commands embedded in an I/O language. For the latest information
on drivers, see the Agilent Web Site:
To download the SCPI Instrument Driver into the E1406A Command
Module, you will need to uset he VXI Installation Consultant (VIC) contained
on the Agilent Technologies Universal Instrument Drivers CD. To download
the driver, install the CD in your CD-ROM drive and follow thei nstallation
instructions. The setup program should run automatically. If it does not,
click and type inthe command line,
where <drive> is the letter for your CD-ROM drive.
NOTE Todow nloada driver, the ROM version number of the E1406 Command
Module must be A.06.00 or above. To determine the version number,send
the IEEE 488.2 common command *IDN?. A typical return value follows,
where A.06.01 is the version number.
HEWLETT-PACKARD,E1406A,0,A.06.01