Installing the E5810
Installing and Configuring the Agilent IO Libraries Suite
3*IDN? is the default command. Click Send & Read to send the identification query to the instrument and display its reply in the Interactive IO window.
4To send other commands, click Commands> to select from a list of common commands, or type a command into the Command: field. If you experience timeout errors for some commands, click Options to change the timeout value.
| Programming Instruments |
| You can program GPIB and |
| VISA COM, or Agilent SICL to send instrument commands such as SCPI. |
| You can program in various languages/applications, including Visual Studio |
| .NET languages, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Agilent VEE, and National |
| Instruments LabVIEW. |
Applicable | For general programming guidelines, see the documentation for your |
Programming | programming environment. You can also find programming examples using |
Documents | various I/O libraries and instrument drivers in the instrument User’s Guide. |
| After the E5810 is successfully installed and configured, it should act as a |
| transparent interface for programming GPIB and |
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