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Programming Your Instruments
Addressing Instruments
Addressing Instruments via USB
As desired, you can use an Alias name to address instruments via USB.
The USB Alias name associates an alias with a specific instrument.
You can use as a VISA rsrcName or SICL address instead of using the
instrument’s Vendor ID, Product ID, Serial Number, and Interface Number.
See the following steps to set, add, delete or change an Alias name.
1
Display the IO Config Main Screen. Click the blue IO icon (on the
Windows Taskbar) and select
Run IO Config to display the IO Config
main screen.
2
Display the USB Devices Dialog Box. Highlight the USB instrument
name in the
Configured Interfaces box (VISA Name of USB0 and SICL
Name of usb0 for the previous figure). Then, click
Edit... to display the
USB Devices dialog box.
3
Add/Change/Delete Aliases. You can use the USB Devices dialog box
to change existing USB Alias names or to add or delete Alias names.
If there is no entry in the Configured
Interfaces
box for USB instruments,
you can highlight
USB *USB
Instruments
and click Configure to
configure the USB interface.
This dialog box allows you to
associate a USB Alias name
with a specific instrument. The
association is based on the
instrument’s Vendor ID, Product
ID, Serial Number, and Interface
Number.