Installation guide

94 Chapter 4
Configuring I/O Interfaces
Configuring LAN Interfaces
Configuring VISA LAN Client Interfaces
An IO interface can be defined as both a hardware interface and as a
software interface. The purpose of the IO Config utility is to associate a
unique interface name with a hardware interface.
The IO Libraries use an
Interface Name or Logical Unit Number to identify an
interface. This information is passed in the parameter string of the
viOpen
function call in a VISA program or in the
iopen function call in a SICL
program. IO Config assigns an Interface Name and Logical Unit Number to
the interface hardware, as well as other necessary configuration values for
an interface when the interface is configured.
Using IO Config to
Configure VISA LAN
Client Interfaces
To configure VISA LAN Client interfaces using the IO Config utility, click the
Agilent IO Libraries Control icon (blue icon on the Windows taskbar) and
click Run I
O Config. When the main screen appears, highlight the
GPIB VISA LAN Client (e.g. 2050) menu item (see the following figure) and
click the C
onfigure button.
When the
VISA LAN Client Interface (LAN to GPIB) screen appears, set the
VISA Interface Name and LAN Client SICL Interface Name, as required.
Then, click the
OK button.
NOTE
You must install a LAN Client interface BEFORE you can use a VISA LAN
Client interface. See “Configuring LAN Client Interfaces” for details on
configuring LAN Client interfaces.
NOTE
After the system is configured, the
VISA LAN Client Interface (LAN to GPIB)
screen may also display an Edit VISA Config... button. Clicking this button
allows you to manually configure the interface as desired. See the
IO Libraries Readme file for details.