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Customizing the System 51Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Customizing the System
Chapter Contents
This chapter discusses steps for installing additional instrumentation and
overviews information for common optional products. Additional
instrumentation may be incorporated by adding cards to the VXI
Mainframe, or adding GPIB controlled external rack-and-stack instruments.
Chapter contents are:
• Customizing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 51
• Configuring and Installing Additional VXI Modules . . . . . . page 52
• Connecting Instrument Input(s) to the Measurement Control Module
page 53
• Customizing the Agilent TestExec SL Software to Accommodate
Additional Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 54
• Adding Instruments to the system.ust File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 55
• Instrument Reset Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57
• Instrument Handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 59
Customizing the System
Before adding an instrument to the system, read through all of the following
steps. Gather the information required for each step before beginning the
customization process. The steps for customizing the system include:
1. Setting all internal or “hardware-selected” configurations for the
instrument. This includes setting the logical addresses (LADDR),
IRQs, and jumpers.
2. Installing the instrument in the VXI mainframe or rack.
3. Installing all needed cabling connections from the new instrument to
the mass interconnect, GPIB, and Measurement Control module.
4. Installing connections from the mass interconnect to the UUT.
Once the hardware configuration and wiring assignments have been made,
the files documenting the system configuration and topology must be edited,
as well as the files that allow the added instrumentation to interact with the
Agilent TestExec SL program. This includes:
1. Modifying the ‘SYSTEM.UST’ file. See “Modifying the system.ust
File” on page 55 for more information.
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