User`s guide

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Table of Contents
1 Installing the Agilent 82357B
Step 1: Checking Your Shipment 2
Step 2: Installing Agilent IO Libraries Suite 3
Step 3: Connecting the 82357B 5
82357B hardware description 5
Connecting the 82357B to your PC 6
Connecting the 82357B to a USB hub 7
Step 4: Connecting GPIB Instruments 9
Connecting a single GPIB instrument 9
Connecting multiple GPIB instruments 10
Step 5: Programming via the 82357B 11
Establishing instrument communication 11
Programming GPIB instruments 13
2 Using the Agilent 82357B
Initial 82357B Operating States 18
Introduction to 82357B operating modes 19
Single 82357B operation 20
Multiple 82357B operation 21
SRQ operation 22
Setting Configuration Parameters 23
Changing configuration parameters 23
Changing modes of operation 24
Setting timeout floor values 25
Setting 82357B high-performance operation 26
3 Troubleshooting the Agilent 82357B
Troubleshooting Flowchart 28