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Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio

The National Instruments Instrument I/O Assistant organizes instrument

communication for a serial, Ethernet, or GPIB instrument into ordered

steps. This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to build an

instrument I/O application by taking you through the following steps:

•Setting up the project—Using the Measurement Studio VISA

Windows Application project, you will create a new project that

references the VisaNS assembly and launches the Instrument I/O

Assistant to create a VisaNS task.

•Performing a query on the instrument—Using the Instrument I/O

Assistant, you will write a command to an instrument and read the

instrument response.

•Displaying Instrument I/O Assistant data on your UI—Using text

box and button controls, you will create a Windows Forms application

to display the Instrument I/O Assistant data.

Before you begin

The following components are required to complete this walkthrough:

• Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008

• Measurement Studio 8.0.1 or later (Professional or Enterprise

package) for Visual Studio 2005 or Measurement Studio 8.5 or later

(Professional or Enterprise package) for Visual Studio 2008

• National Instruments Device Driver CD

• Message-based instrument on a supported VISA bus, such as GPIB or

Serial

Note For more information about the Instrument I/O Assistant, refer to the Instrument I/O

Assistant Help by selecting the Show Help button inside the assistant.

Setting up the project

1. Open Visual Studio from Start»All Programs»Microsoft Visual

Studio 2005»Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Start»All Programs»

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008»Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

2. Select File»New»Project. The New Project dialog box launches.