Programming Examples

LAN Programming Interface Examples

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LAN Programming Interface Examples

NOTE The LAN programming examples in this section demonstrate the use of VXI- 11 and Sockets LAN to control the signal generator.

To use these programming examples you must change references to the IP address and hostname to match the IP address and hostname of your signal generator.

“VXI- 11 Programming Using SICL and C++” on page 102

“VXI- 11 Programming Using VISA and C++” on page 103

“Sockets LAN Programming and C” on page 105

“Sockets LAN Programming Using Java” on page 128

“Sockets LAN Programming Using PERL” on page 130

For additional LAN programming examples that work with user- data files, refer to:

“Save and Recall Instrument State Files” on page 325

VXI-11 Programming

The signal generator supports the VXI- 11 standard for instrument communication over the LAN interface. Agilent IO Libraries support the VXI- 11 standard and must be installed on your computer before using the VXI- 11 protocol. Refer to “Using VXI- 11” on page 37 for information on configuring and using the VXI- 11 protocol.

The VXI- 11 examples use TCPIP0 as the board address.

Using VXI-11 with GPIB Programs

The GPIB programming examples that use the VISA library, and are listed in “GPIB Programming Interface Examples” on page 62, can be easily changed to use the LAN VXI- 11 protocol by changing the address string. For example, change the "GPIB::19::INSTR" address string to "TCPIP::hostname::INSTR" where hostname is the IP address or hostname of the signal generator. The VXI- 11 protocol has the same capabilities as GPIB. See the section “Setting Up the LAN Interface” on page 29 for more information.

NOTE To communicate with the signal generator over the LAN interface you must enable the VXI- 11 SCPI service. For more information, refer to “Configuring the VXI- 11 for LAN (Agilent MXG)” on page 29 and “Configuring the VXI- 11 for LAN (ESG/PSG/E8663B)” on page 30.

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