User`s guide

Programming Your Instruments

Programming Overview

This section provides an overview of programming instruments via LAN,

USB, or GPIB interfaces. Four example programs are included to

demonstrate generating a simple sine wave on an Agilent 33220A 20 MHz

Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator using Standard Commands for

Programmable Instruments (SCPI).

The example programs are written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or Microsoft

Visual C++ for Agilent VISA-COM, IVI-COM, VISA, and VXIpnp I/O. They

are primarily intended to display SCPI commands for the 33220A and not to

demonstrate the programming environment or the I/O.

NOTE

The programs in this guide are protected by copyright.

You have a royalty-free right to use, modify, reproduce and distribute the

programs listed in this guide (and/or any modified version) in any way

you find useful, provided that you agree that Agilent has no warranty,

obligations, or liability for any program content.

Agilent Technologies provides programming examples for illustration

only. All example programs assume you are familiar with the

programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create

and debug procedures. Agilent support engineers can help explain the

functionality of Agilent software components and associated commands,

but they will not modify these samples to provide added functionality or

construct procedures to meet your specific needs.