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Installing I/O Software
Installing Your Software
2 Select Application and Agilent IO Libraries Software. The next step is to
select the I/O software application(s) and Agilent IO Libraries version
you want to install on your PC. This table gives guidelines for using IO
software and Agilent IO Libraries version (developer or runtime). See
substep 3, following, to select the Agilent IO Libraries version.
Use This Software: When You Want to:
Instrument Web Browser (Product Design or Product Characterization)
Provides a “soft front panel” displayed on your Web
Browser that you can use to control the instrument.
Remotely communicate with instruments from your
PC, but do not need to program the instruments.
(The IO Libraries are not required.)
Agilent IntuiLink (Product Design or Product Characterization)
Provides a “soft front panel” specific to an instrument
that you can use to control instruments.
Remotely communicate with instruments from your
PC, but do not need to program the instruments
(The IO Libraries are required.)
IVI-COM Drivers (Product Characterization or Product Test)
Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI)-COM
Drivers provide hardware-independent programming
syntax for instruments that perform the same function
(DMMs, Counters, Switches, etc.).
Develop new applications using Visual Basic,
Visual C++, etc. and the IVI-COM drivers. In most
cases, new code must be developed for programs
using IVI-COM drivers.
VXIplug&play Drivers (Product Characterization or Product Test)
VXIplug&play functions provide a set of instrument-
specific functions you can use for programming
instruments using Visual Basic, Visual C++, etc.
Develop or modify existing applications using
Visual Basic, Visual C++, etc. You can use existing
code if the same driver (or update) is supported on
both the old and new instrument.
Agilent IO Libraries (Developer) (All Tasks)
The developer version of the Agilent IO Libraries
allows you to program your instruments using Visual
Basic, Visual C++, etc. and to communicate with
instruments via USB, LAN, or GPIB.
Use the developer version when you want to
develop or modify existing applications using Visual
Basic, Visual C++, etc. and VISA. Applications
written with VISA for other instruments can be
ported to your instruments with little or no
modification.
Agilent IO Libraries (Runtime) (All Tasks)
The runtime version of the Agilent IO Libraries is a
subset of the Developer version. With the runtime
version of the libraries, you can communicate with
instruments, but you cannot program the instruments
using VISA.
Use the runtime version when you want to run
existing applications that use VISA to communicate
with instruments, but you do not need to modify or
develop the instrument communication code in the
application program.