User`s guide

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Installing I/O Software
Installing Your Software
3 Select the Agilent IO Libraries Version. As noted, there are two versions
of the Agilent IO Libraries: developer and runtime. Use the
developer
version
if you want to communicate with instruments and to program
instruments using VISA. Use the
runtime version if you want to
communicate with instruments, but do not need to program the
instruments.
This table shows the version of the Agilent IO Libraries required for LAN,
USB, and GPIB interfaces and typical programming methods.
4
Install Your Software. This table shows the media you can use to install
your selected I/O software on your PC for both runtime and developer
environments. Follow the instructions on the media to install the
software.
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When to Use this Interface: Programming
Method
Need
Developer
IO Libraries
Need Run-
Time IO
Libraries
No IO
Libraries
Needed
LAN A LAN is the recommended method
to connect instruments together in
applications such as new test
systems
.
Sockets
!
IVI-COM
!
VXIplug&play
!
VISA
!
USB USB is a quick and easy way to
connect instruments to PCs on a
benchtop. Typically, you can use
USB to connect instruments to a PC
for benchtop R&D testing.
IVI-COM
!
VXIplug&play
!
VISA*
!
GPIB GPIB should be used only in a
system that is already using GPIB
to connect instruments. GPIB is not
recommended for new systems.
IVI-COM
!
VXIplug&play
!
VISA
!
* Revision M.01.00 or later of the Agilent IO Libraries is required for USB
NOTE
Installing Agilent IntuiLink or the IVI-COM drivers also automatically
installs a runtime version of the Agilent IO Libraries. Revision M.01.00 or
later of the Agilent IO Libraries is required for programming via USB.