VXI manual Introduction, VT1433B Users Guide Using the VT1433B

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VT1433B User's Guide

Using the VT1433B

Introduction

This chapter shows how to use the VT1433B using the VXIplug&play Host Interface Library.

The Host Interface Library for the VT1433B is a set of functions that allow the user to program the register-based VT1433B at a higher level than register reads and writes. The library allows groups of VT1433Bs to be set up and programmed as if they were one entity

Two versions of the Host Interface Library are included. One is the HP-UX C-Language Host Interface Library which uses SICL (the Standard Instrument Interface Library) to communicate to the VT1433B hardware. It works for HP-UX 10.20. The other is the VXIplug&play Library for Windows 95 or later, Windows NT and HP-UX 10.20 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 covers the VXIplug&play version, but it will also be useful to users of the C-Language version. If using the C-Language version, refer to the chapter titled "The Host Interface Library" was well.

The library includes routines to set up and query parameters, start and stop measurements, read and write data and control interrupts. Routines to aid debugging and perform low-level I/O are also included.

For information on diagnostics see the chapter titled “Troubleshooting the VT1433B.”

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