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Agilent TechnologiesAgilent TechnologiesGPIB/USB/LAN InterfacesE2094SIO Libraries Suite 15.5 Connectivity Guidewith Getting Started

10 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedUsing This GuideA typical complex test system includes a collection of instruments under the control of

100 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANMultiple NIC Cards If Agilent Connection Expert (see “Step 3: Run Agilent Connection Expe

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1012 Look in the 'Status' column in for 'connected' interfaces.3 Right-c

102 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANStep 3: Run Agilent Connection ExpertThis step shows how to • Run Agilent Connection Expe

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 103Add and Configure LAN InstrumentsWhen instruments reside on your local area network (LAN)

104 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANAgilent Connection Expert automatically locates, identifies, and verifies all LAN instrum

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 105Connecting a LAN instrument outside your local subnetWhen an instrument resides outside y

106 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANSearching for LAN instrumentsIf you don’t know the IP address or hostname for an instrume

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1071 Enter a range of legitimate IP addresses for Connection Expert to search. In general, k

108 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANConnecting a GPIB, USB, etc. instrument on a LAN Gateway1 From the Connection Expert main

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1092 This opens the LAN instrument configuration dialog box, as shown.Click Find Instruments

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 11GPIB• Configure GPIB Network• Install instrument driversSee Chapter 3, Connecting Instruments to GPIB• S

110 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LAN3 When the Search for Remote Instruments dialog box appears (as shown below), select GPIB

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1115 Click OK when you are satisfied that the correct instrument has been located and select

112 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANNewly Added LAN Instrument in Connection ExpertFigure 40 Newly Added LAN Instruments in C

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 113Figure 41 Change Instrument Properties Dialog Box

114 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANStep 4: Communicate with InstrumentsYou can use the Interactive IO utility within Connect

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 115488.2 and SCPI commands for communicating with instruments, as shown below.You can also t

116 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LAN2 Open the Commands menu and select a command. The example below shows a *IDN? command se

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1173 Click Send & Read to send the command and receive a response. The results are displ

118 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LAN5 Run the Microsoft Telnet Client. (On Windows XP, click Start > Run and type telnet 6

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 119Configure a LAN InterfaceWhen you select a LAN interface in the Explorer Pane, the Proper

12 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedWhat is Agilent IO Libraries Suite? Agilent IO Libraries Suite is a collection of libraries that give yo

120 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LAN2 Select a LAN interface in the Explorer Pane. Click the Change Properties... button in t

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 121Connect timeout. The time, in milliseconds, that the PC will wait when attempting to con

122 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANTroubleshooting LAN InterfacesThis section shows suggested troubleshooting steps for LAN

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 123plugs into the computer; it should be glowing steadily. If it is not lit or flashes inter

124 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANAn example to verify communication using the ping command follows.Example: Verifying Comm

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 125.Using the route add Command If you are having difficulty with a private LAN (using a hub

126 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANWeb Browser ChecksTo see if your PC has network access to an instrument, open the Web bro

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 127Communication Settings ChecksIf all hardware connections are OK and you have been able to

128 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LAN5 Under Proxy server, if “Use a proxy server” is checked, click the Advanced… button6 Und

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1295 Under Check for newer versions of stored pages:, click the “Every visit to the page” ra

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 13Agilent IO LibrariesThere are four IO Libraries included in Agilent IO Libraries Suite; each of them all

130 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANNetwork DiagnosticsMicrosoft provides valuable network diagnostic tools on their TechNet

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 1311 Check Agilent IO Libraries Version. If a version of the Agilent IO Libraries or IO Libr

132 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANBy default, the Agilent IO Control is always active after the Agilent IO Libraries Suite

133Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies6Programming Your InstrumentsThis chapter includes:• Programming Overview• Addressing Instruments• Sa

134 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsProgramming OverviewThis section provides an overview of programming instruments via LAN,

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 135Obtaining Instrument DriversSelected combinations of program environments and I/O are incl

136 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsUsing Agilent IO Libraries Suite Sample CodeThe Automation-Ready CD with Agilent IO Librar

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 137• “VISA COM 488.2 Formatted I/O 1.0" corresponds to BasicFormattedIO.dll2Create Forma

138 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsAddressing InstrumentsThis section gives guidelines to address instruments, including:• Ad

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 139• Readability. Your programs will be much easier to read and understand if, for example, y

14 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedAgilent SICLAgilent SICL (Standard Instrument Control Library) is an I/O library developed by Agilent th

140 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsConfigure GPIB Card Parameters. With the GPIB interface selected in the instrument Explore

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 141Example: Addressing GPIB Instruments Using VISA/SICLThis figure shows example VISA and SIC

142 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsSince unique names have been assigned by Connection Expert, you can use the VISA viOpen co

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 1431 Connection Expert automatically configures a USB interface, discovers any USB devices, a

144 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsLAN Networking ProtocolsThere are two LAN networking protocols provided with the Agilent I

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 145• iopen("lan[machineName]:gpib0,1") will use the protocol type configured in Con

146 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instrumentsthe configuration in the LAN Interface Properties Pane on the right. To alter any default

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 147Example: Addressing LAN Instruments Using VISA/SICLThe LAN interface system in this figure

148 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsSince unique names have been assigned by Connection Expert, you can now use the VISA viOpe

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 149Sample ProgramsSample programs follow to demonstrate sine waveform generation for an Agile

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 15Agilent Connection ExpertConnection Expert is a software utility that helps you quickly get your instrum

150 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instruments’ and adjusting the frequency, amplitude, and offset.With Fgen.WriteString "*RST"

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 151Example: Simple Sine Waveform (C# and VISA COM)This program selects the function as “sine,

152 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instruments//// TODO: Add any constructor code // after InitializeComponent call//}/// <summary>

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 153this.button1.Text = "button1";this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this

154 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instrumentsprivate void USBInstrument_TextChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e){}private void bu

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 155Example: Simple Sine Waveform (Visual C++ and VISA)This example program is intended for us

156 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your InstrumentsCHECK(viWrite(Instrument, SCPIcmd, (ViUInt32)strlen(SCPIcmd), &actual));strcpy(SCPIcmd

Programming Your Instruments 6Agilent Connectivity Guide 157strcpy(SCPIcmd, "FUNCtion:USER PULSE\n"); /* Select the active arb waveform */C

158 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instruments

159Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies7TCP/IP Network BasicsThis chapter includes:• LAN Interface Overview• TCP/IP Protocols• IP Addressing

16 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedFigure 2 Agilent Connection Expert Screen

160 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsLAN Interface OverviewThis section provides an overview of Local Area Networks (LANs) that use Tra

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 161Within the site LAN, every device (PC, router, server, etc.) is called a host. A host is any devi

162 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsLAN Hardware ArchitectureA LAN is a way to extend the control of instrumentation beyond the limits

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 163or device, the LAN server sends a reply to the LAN interface. This reply contains requested data

164 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsFigure 56 Example of Packet-Switched NetworkRouterDataDataDataData DataDataSource HostDestination

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 165TCP/IP ProtocolsThis section summarizes protocols for LAN networks that use TCP/IP for communicat

166 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsTCP/IP Layers The TCP/IP network model is based on the Department of Defense (DoD) model. TCP/IP P

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 167The Network Interface LayerThe lowest layer in the TCP/IP stack is the Network Interface Layer. T

168 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsAs packets are sent through the network, each host on the network looks at the packet to see if th

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 169Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is primarily us

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 17Agilent 488Sets Agilent Connection Expert Options. Specifically Agilent VISA options, Configuration Sett

170 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network Basicsdata from the Transport Layer protocols of other hosts. Hosts can be on the same local network or

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 171sender re-sends the packet. This figure shows a network in which the source and destination are u

172 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network Basics• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Ports This figure shows the TCP/IP protocol stack. In the stac

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 173This figure shows typical socket architecture. When a socket is first created, it has an associat

174 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application used to tr

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 175IP AddressingThis section describes IP addressing for TCP/IP networks, including:• IP Address Cla

176 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsExample: Class A, B, and C IP AddressesThis table shows three example IP addresses, where the bold

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 177Subnets and Subnet MasksAs noted, an IP address consists of a network portion and a host portion.

178 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsA custom subnet mask adds more bits for the network portion of the IP address and uses fewer bits

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 179Figure 62 Two Networks (Subnets) Using a RouterLocal Network #2 (4 Hosts)Router(DefaultGateway)Lo

18 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedInteractive IOAgilent Interactive IO is a software utility that allows you to interact with an instrumen

180 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsIP Address Configuration MethodsThis section introduces some IP address configuration methods, inc

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 181Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows each

182 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsDuplicate IP Address detection is described by several Internet standards (RFC 2642/RFC 2131/ZEROC

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 183To recover from a duplicate IP address condition, eliminate the duplicate IP address condition an

184 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsDevice Hostname ServicesThis section introduces some device hostname services, including:• Device

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 185Dynamic DNS NamingDynamic Domain Name System (Dynamic DNS) is a distributed database of hostnames

186 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsRFC NetBIOS NamingRFC NetBIOS Naming is a peer-to-peer naming protocol used by Microsoft File/Prin

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 187completes each step in the sequence shown before returning an error message. RFC NetBIOS naming d

188 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsStatic DNS NamingIn contrast to automatic DNS name resolution, Static DNS naming does not require

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 189Configuring Your PC for LAN OperationThis section shows steps to configure your PC, as required,

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 19 Table 1 Interactive IO Common CommandsEvent Viewer Invokes the Microsoft Event Viewer, which can be use

190 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsInstalling Network Interface CardsNetwork Interface Cards (NIC) provide the hardware interface bet

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 191Example: Installing TCP/IP (Windows XP)1 Click Start > Network > Internet Connnections. Fro

192 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsExample: Installing TCP/IP (Windows Vista)1 Click Start > Control Panel > Network Connection

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 1934 In the frame, This Connection uses the following items:, select either Internet Protocol Versio

194 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network Basics6 Figure 70 shows an Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box to automatically obtain IP a

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 195Example: Setting PC Hostname (Windows XP)1 Right-click the My Computer icon and then click Proper

196 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network BasicsExample: Setting PC Hostname (Windows Vista)1 Right-click the Computer icon, then click Properties

TCP/IP Network Basics 7Agilent Connectivity Guide 197Figure 73 System Properties Screen

198 Agilent Connectivity Guide7TCP/IP Network Basics

199Agilent TechnologiesAgilent Connectivity GuideGlossaryaddressA string (or other language construct) that uniquely locates and identifies a resource

Agilent Connectivity GuideNotices© Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2003 - 2009No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means (includi

20 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedViFind32 (Debug Utility)ViFind32 is a console application that uses the viFindRsrc and viFindNext VISA f

200 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 Glossaryacross the street. A bridge examines each message on a LAN, “passing” those known to be within the same LAN, a

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 201DHCPShort for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on

202 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 Glossaryhexadecimal characters, sometimes with colon or dash separators between every two characters, such as “00:03:d

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 203instrumentA device that accepts commands and performs a test or measurement function.instrument driverSoftware

204 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 GlossaryIO LibrariesApplication programming interfaces (APIs) for direct I/O communication between applications and de

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 205There are many different types of LANs, Ethernets being the most common for PCs. Most Apple Macintosh networks

206 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 Glossarylocal-area networks (LANs): The computers are geographically close together (that is, in the same building). w

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 207FTP: Abbreviation of File Transfer Protocol, the protocol used on the Internet for sending files. HTTP: Short

208 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 Glossaryproxy serverA server that sits between a client application, such as a web browser, and a real server. It inte

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 209each other and configure the best route between any two hosts. Very little filtering of data is done through r

Getting Started 1Agilent Connectivity Guide 21Visa Open ReportsVISA Open Reports provide a quick “snapshot” of information about all of the hardware i

210 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 Glossaryside-by-sideA side-by-side installation allows two vendors' implementations of VISA to be used on the sam

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 211For example, the full address for 150.215.017.009 is 10010110.11010111.00010001.00001001. The Class B network

212 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 GlossarySystem ControllerOne Controller on a GPIB is the System Controller. This is a master Controller; it has the ab

Glossary 8Agilent Connectivity Guide 213to announce its presence on the network to other devices. UPnP devices use Extensible Markup Language (XML) to

214 Agilent Connectivity Guide8 GlossaryWindows notification areaSee notification area.

Agilent IO Libraries Suite Getting Started 215IndexNumerics488.2 library, 14Aaddress, 199Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), 168Agilentcontacting Agile

216 Agilent IO Libraries Suite Getting Startedgateway IP address, 202getting started, 9glossary, 199GPIBaddressing instruments, 139Agilent IO Librarie

Agilent IO Libraries Suite Getting Started 217MMATLAB, 13Media Access Control (MAC) address, 167Microsoft .NET Framework, 31NNational Instruments VISA

218 Agilent IO Libraries Suite Getting StartedVISA, 12, 13, 213National Instruments, 27Open Report, 15primary, 27, 28secondary, 27, 28side-by-side, 27

22 Agilent Connectivity Guide1 Getting StartedAgilent Web ResourcesSystem Developer CenterFocus on what matters most: the performance, reliability and

23Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies2Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteThis chapter includes:• System Requirements for Agilent IO Libr

24 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteSystem Requirements for Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15.5The following table lists

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 25If possible, you should always use the current version of the Agilent IO Librarie

26 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteInstalling the IO Libraries Suite Software This section describes how to install

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 274 Insert the Automation-Ready CD with Agilent IO Libraries Suite into the CD-ROM

28 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteAgilent VISA is installed as primary. (See “Using Agilent VISA in Side-by-Side M

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 29If you do have another vendor’s VISA installed, you will see a similar dialog box

Agilent Connectivity Guide 3Contents1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Using Th

30 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteOn 64-bit Windows systems, you cannot change the destination folders. The Choose

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 31• If the Microsoft .NET Framework has not previously been installed on your PC, o

32 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suitethere may be another CD with additional software (drivers, sample programs, etc.)

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 33Installation Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while installing the IO Li

34 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteSelecting Application SoftwareThis table gives guidelines for using additional I/

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 35Modifying, Repairing, or Removing IO Libraries SuiteOn Windows XP, click Start &g

36 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteTo Uninstall (remove) or Modify Agilent IO Libraries Suite, you must select Agile

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 37If you see this dialog box, insert the Automation-Ready CD with Agilent IO Librar

38 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite3 Use the Browse button in the Windows Installer dialog box to browse to the loca

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 39This Web site includes many types of instrument drivers, including IVI-COM and VX

4 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47GPIB Quick Start . . . . . . . . .

40 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suitemay see the message Missing or Damaged GPIB-32.DLL when you attempt to use Nation

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 41When you have both Agilent VISA and another vendor's VISA installed on the s

42 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite• agvisa32.dll is installed, but Agilent's visa32.dll is not. Thus, it will

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 43Specifying IVI and VISA Paths in Microsoft Visual StudioIn Visual Studio (VS), yo

44 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries SuiteFor Include files:<visa_base_path>\WinNT\include<visa_base_path>\WinN

Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2Agilent Connectivity Guide 45NOTEAgilent IO Libraries version 15.5 installs version 2.0.0 of the IVI Shared Co

46 Agilent Connectivity Guide2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite

47Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies3Connecting Instruments to GPIBThis chapter includes:• GPIB Quick Start• Step 1: Install Agilent IO Li

48 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBGPIB Quick StartThis section shows suggested steps to help you quickly get started connec

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 49Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on Your PCBefore you connect your instruments

Agilent Connectivity Guide 5USB Troubleshooting Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81USB Hardware Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBConnect GPIB Instruments1 Review Connection Guidelines. The recommended method for connec

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 51Example: Connecting a Single GPIB Instrument The following figure shows connections from

52 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBFigure 12 Connecting Three GPIB InstrumentsGPIB CableGPIB Connector.Connect to GPIB porto

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 53Step 3: Run Agilent Connection ExpertThis step shows how to use Agilent Connection Expert

54 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBWhen you select a particular instrument in the Explorer Pane, you see the parameters of t

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 554 Configure GPIB Card Parameters. With the GPIB interface selected in the Explorer Pane,

56 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIB5 Change/Accept the Configuration Values. When the configuration values displayed are acc

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 57Step 4: Communicate with InstrumentsIf your instruments show up in the Explorer Pane as v

58 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBExample using Interactive IO to control an Agilent 34401A1 Select an instrument in the Co

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 59488.2 CommandsMeaning*IDN?The Identification query returns manufacturer, model, serial nu

6 Agilent Connectivity Guide6 Programming Your Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133Programming Overview . . . . . . .

60 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBTroubleshooting GPIB InterfacesThis section shows suggested troubleshooting steps for an

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 61Check IO Libraries SuiteInstallation1 GPIB Hardware ChecksCheck cables/connections/pow

62 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBGPIB Hardware ChecksThis section gives guidelines to make hardware troubleshooting checks

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 63Check Device Manager You can use the Windows Device Manager to reinstall the interface ca

64 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBGPIB Software ChecksThis section provides guidelines for GPIB Interface Card software che

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 65Agilent 488..., then select the check box labeled Enable Agilent GPIB cards for 488 progr

66 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBWhen the IRQ is asserted, the OS calls each ISR in turn until one of them returns TRUE (m

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 67The default behavior of the 82350 driver is to use Polling mode for transfers of 256 byte

68 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIB• The default formatted IO write buffer size is 128 so when using this default size, form

Connecting Instruments to GPIB 3Agilent Connectivity Guide 69• If the IO icon is displayed, click the icon and click About Agilent IO Control to displ

Agilent Connectivity Guide 7AutoIP/ZEROCONF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Duplicate IP Address Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70 Agilent Connectivity Guide3 Connecting Instruments to GPIBIf the blue IO icon is not displayed, either the blue IO icon display has been turned off

71Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies4Connecting Instruments to USBThis chapter includes:• USB Quick Start• Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libr

72 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBUSB Quick StartThis section shows suggested steps to help you quickly get started connecti

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 73Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on Your PCInstall Agilent IO Libraries Suite an

74 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBConnect USB InstrumentsUse the steps in this figure to directly connect USB instruments to

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 75Step 3: Run Agilent Connection ExpertThis step provides an overview of how Connection Expe

76 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBAutomatic Identification of USB Devices. When a USB instrument is plugged into the PC, the

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 77Both a listener check and an identification query are done automatically, as you can see o

78 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBYou can change this VISA alias name to one of your own choosing before clicking OK. Using

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 79Step 4: Communicate with InstrumentsThis step shows how to use Interactive IO to send 488.

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80 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USB2 Select a command, or enter one in the Command area.3 Click Send & Read to send the c

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 81Troubleshooting USB InterfacesThis section shows suggested troubleshooting steps for Unive

82 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBCheck IO ControloperationUSB Hardware ChecksCheck cableconnections/damageVerify Agilent IO

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 83USB Hardware ChecksThis section gives guidelines to make hardware troubleshooting checks f

84 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USBUSB Software ChecksThis section provides guidelines to make software troubleshooting check

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 85Agilent IO Libraries Suite ChecksThis section give troubleshooting guidelines for the Agil

86 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USB1Check Agilent IO Libraries Version. If a version of the Agilent IO Libraries or IO Librar

Connecting Instruments to USB 4Agilent Connectivity Guide 87Check Agilent IO Control Operation When the Agilent IO Libraries Suite was installed, the

88 Agilent Connectivity Guide4 Connecting Instruments to USB

89Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies5Connecting Instruments to LANThis chapter includes:• LAN Quick Start• Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libr

9Agilent Connectivity GuideAgilent Technologies1Getting StartedThis chapter includes:• Using This Guide• What is Agilent IO Libraries Suite?• Agilent

90 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANLAN Quick StartThis section shows suggested steps to help you quickly get started connecti

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 91Step 1: Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on Your PCInstall Agilent IO Libraries Suite an

92 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANIn general:• IP Address: The local router or the corporate DHCP server assigns IP addresse

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 93Directly Connect Instrument to ComputerThis is the simplest possible network topology. One

94 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANPrivate Instrument SubnetThis configuration creates a private LAN subnet for the instrumen

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 95Private Instrument Subnet on Corporate IntranetIn this topology, the computer is on the sa

96 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANOpen Instrument Subnet of Corporate IntranetThe computer and instruments connect directly

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 97Corporate IntranetFigure 26 Private subnet different from PCIn order for the PC to access

98 Agilent Connectivity Guide5 Connecting Instruments to LANAcross the WAN -- Using the InternetFigure 27 Internet access through firewallThis topolog

Connecting Instruments to LAN 5Agilent Connectivity Guide 99General Issues with LAN ConfigurationBasic design considerations for a LAN-based test syst