Installation guide

30 Chapter 2
Installing the IO Libraries
Installing New IO Libraries
8 For the SICL and Agilent VISA Installation (Options 1 and 2) and
the SICL Installation (Option 3) ONLY, the
Question screen for
E8491 support appears on Windows 95 and Windows NT. (This
support is installed by default on Windows 98, Windows Me, and
Windows 2000.) Click
Yes to install Agilent E8491 IEEE-1394 to
VXI support, click N
o to not install it.
2. SICL and
side-by-side
Agilent VISA
Installation
(continued)
Copies of the Agilent version of the VISA support files are in the 'agbin',
'include' and 'lib' subdirectories under <VISA Path>\agvisa. These files
are installed even when Agilent VISA is the primary VISA.
The Agilent VISA utilities vifind32.exe and VISA Assistant use Agilent
VISA even if another vendor's VISA is installed as primary VISA.
Normally, a VISA program will use the primary VISA (i.e., call through
visa32.dll). However, if a VISA program is linked with agvisa32.lib or
dynamically loads agvisa32.dll, the program will use Agilent VISA even
if it is not the primary VISA.
3. SICL Installation
Installs SICL (but not Agilent VISA) with the default options for your
computer configuration. This option allows development and runtime
capabilities using SICL.
The option also allows you to select Agilent E8491 IEEE-1394 to VXI
support. If another vendor’s VISA is installed, installing this option
will
not overwrite
the other vendor’s VISA.
4. Compact SICL
Installation
Installs SICL (but not Agilent VISA) with the default options for your
computer configuration. This option allows runtime capabilities ONLY (no
development capabilities) using SICL for Serial (RS-232) and LAN client
interfaces. If another vendor’s VISA is installed, installing this option
will
not overwrite
the other vendor’s VISA.
5. Agilent
GPIB-VXI
Installation
Use this option if your system includes an Agilent VXI Command Module
(such as an E1406, etc.) and another vendor’s VISA. This option provides
GPIB-VXI support for VXI Command Modules on another vendor’s VISA.
SICL and Agilent VISA are
not installed.
6. Custom
Installation
Allows you to install individually selected components of the IO Libraries,
including SICL, including SICL, VISA, E8491, I-SCPI, and GPIB-VXI
Support components. I-SCPI is supplied for backward compatibility but is
not recommended for new applications.
Option Description