User`s guide

42 53220A/53230A User’s Guide
2 53220A/53230A Software Installation and Interface Configuration
Table 2-2. Agilent IO Libraries Suite System Requirements.
Loading the Software
Close all applications on your computer. Insert the Agilent Automation-Ready
CD into the CD drive. Follow the instructions as prompted for a typical instal-
lation. Accept all default directories specified if prompted.
If the IO libraries installation does not start automatically, select Start > Run
from the Windows start menu and type <drive>:\autorun\auto.exe where
<drive> is the designator of the CD drive.
Operating System
Windows XP (SP 3 or later) Windows Vista /Windows 7
32/64-bit editions
Processor 600 MHz or higher required
800 MHz recommended
1 GHz 32-bit (x86)
1 GHz 64-bit (x64)
Available Memory 256 MB minimum
1 GB or greater recommended
1 GB minimum
Available Disk Space 1.5 GB
* 1 GB recommended for Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 SP2
* 65 MB for Agilent IO Libraries Suite
1.5 GB
* 1 GB recommended for Microsoft
.NET Framework 2.0 SP1
* 65 MB for Agilent IO Libraries Suite
Video Super VGA (800x600) w/ 256 colors or more Support for DirectX 9 graphics w/128 MB
graphics memory recommended
(Super VGA graphics is supported.)
Web Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or greater
Note: because of the installation procedure, less memory may be required for operation than for installation.
NOTE
If another vendor’s implementation of VISA (Virtual Instrument Software
Architecture) is currently installed on your computer, continue installation of the
Agilent IO Libraries by installing Agilent VISA in side-by-side mode. More
information on side-by-side operation can be found in IO Libraries Suite Help
(available after installation is complete) under “Using Agilent’s and Other
Vendors’ Products Together.”