Installation guide
Chapter 1 13
Introducing the IO Libraries
IO Libraries Overview
IO Config Description
The IO Config utility is used by the Agilent IO Libraries to configure
instrument I/O hardware interfaces. An interface must be configured with
IO Config before the interface can be used with the IO Libraries. You can
configure all available interfaces with IO Config for use with the Agilent IO
Libraries. With IO Config, you can also add, edit, or remove configuration
entries for the interface(s) you specify.
IO Config is an interactive program that searches your system for installed
interfaces that VISA and SICL support. You select the interface(s) you want
to configure and IO Config
selects default parameters required to configure
the interface(s).
You can run IO Config at any time. However, you must first install an
interface card in your system before you can configure the interface.
IO Config will verify that an interface card is installed before a configuration
entry will be added for the card.
You must have system administrator privileges on Windows 2000/NT to run
IO Config. You may also need to reboot the computer if you add or modify
interfaces with IO Config
to load or update driver files for specific interfaces
in the Windows kernel. IO Config will inform you if it is necessary to reboot
your computer.
VISA Assistant Description
VISA Assistant is an application program that uses the IO Libraries to
communicate with and to control VXI, GPIB, and serial Instruments.
VISA Assistant can automatically detect and assign VXIplug&play
instrument drivers to instruments. VISA Assistant can also be used to send
and receive strings to instruments which support formatted I/O. For other
instruments, VISA Assistant allows you to read and write memory areas.
VISA Assistant also describes attributes that are associated with an
instrument.