HP E8491A manual Mxi

I

I/O Libraries installation, 24

iclear, 75 IEEE 1394

bus features, 58

data transfer protocol, 59 topology and terminology, 57

IEEE 1394 host adapter installation, 13

installation

A/B-size instruments, 22 C-size instruments, 20 host adapter, 13

HP E8491A, 17

HP I/O Libraries, 24

HP VXIplug&play drivers, 28 verifying, 29

VXI instruments, 20 Installing, 20, 22 instrument sessions

opening, 35

interface cable and host adapter overview, 61

interface characteristics specifications, 65

iproc, 33 irq.cf, 73 ivxisc, 73

L

loading

power supply, 67

locating E8491A shared memory, 47 locating shared memory

using HP SICL, 48 using HP VISA, 48

M

message-based instruments programming, 35

MXI

using the E8491A with MXI systems, 19

N

names.cf, 72

O

opening instrument sessions, 35 HP VISA, 36

HP VXIplug&play, 35 SICL, 36

optimizing programs, 36 oride.cf, 72

P

plug&play drivers installation, 28

porting SICL programs, 36 power supply loading, 67

programming register-based and message-based VXI instruments, 35

pull up

Trig Out port, 47

R

register-based instruments programming, 35

resource manager, 33 viewing the output, 30

resource manager configuration editing, 27

running the resource manager, 33

S

shared memory, 47

locating using HP VISA, 48 locating using SICL, 48

shared memory examples, 49 SICL programs

porting for use with the E8491A, 36 soft front panels

for installation verification, 29 specifications

CLK 10, 66 cooling, 67

external trigger input, 66 external trigger output, 66 general, 65

interface characteristics, 65 power supply loading, 67 trigger delays, 67

storing readings in shared memory HP VISA example, 50 SICL example, 54

78 Index