HP 8-Channel 196 kSa/sec Digitizer plus DSP E1433A manual Introduction

HP E1433A User's Guide

Getting Started With the HP E1433A

Introduction

This chapter will help you to get your HP E1433A running and making simple measurements. It shows how to install the software libraries and how to run some of the example programs that are included.

For more information see the other chapters in this book and the on-line function reference. (See “Where to get more information” in the chapter titled “Using the HP E1433A).”

Two versions of the Host Interface Library are available. One is the HP-UX C-Language Host Interface Library which uses SICL (the Standard Instrument Interface Library) to communicate to the HP E1433A hardware. The other is the HP-UX, Windows 95 and Windows NT VXIplug&play Library which communicates with the hardware using VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture). VISA is the input/output standard upon which all the VXIplug&play software components are based.

This chapter mainly covers the VXIplug&play version, and it also includes some examples using the C-Language version. If you are using the C-Language version, you should also refer to the chapter titled “The C-Language Host Interface Library.”

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