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Using IO Configuration Utilities
Getting Started
Getting Started
Depending on the hardware interfaces in your system, you can use one or
more IO utilities to configure the Agilent IO Libraries for your system. This
section shows how to get started using these utilities.
Before You Begin Configuration
If you have Windows 95/98/Me and Windows 2000/NT environments on
your system and you installed the IO Libraries on both environments, you
will need perform the configuration procedures in this chapter twice – once
on Windows 95/98/Me and once on Windows 2000/NT.
Before you can use an I/O interface with SICL or VISA, you must first
configure the interface with the IO Config utility (located in the Agilent IO
Libraries program folder). IO Config should be used exclusively to configure
all interfaces used with SICL and VISA.
Getting Started Using IO Configuration Utilities
To get started using the IO Configuration utilities:
1 Determine the IO interfaces for your system (GPIB, VXI, LAN,
etc.).
2 As required, see the applicable section in Chapter 4 - Configuring
IO Interfaces for guidelines to configure the interface(s). For
example, see “Configuring GPIB Interfaces” for GPIB interfaces,
etc.
3 See “Using IO Config” in this chapter for guidelines to use the IO
Config utility to configure interfaces.
4 As required, see “Using VISA Assistant”, “Using VXI Resource
Manager”, or “Using LAN Server” for configuration information.