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148 Agilent Connectivity Guide
6 Programming Your Instruments
Since unique names have been assigned by Connection Expert, you can
now use the VISA viOpen command or the SICL iopen command to
open the I/O paths to the GPIB instruments as shown in the figure.
5
Network Interface Card
Windows PC
LAN Instruments
Interface VISA/SICL Names
VISA Name SICL Name
"TCPIP0" "lan"
VISA/SICL Addressing (Using LAN Client)
VISA: viOpen (... "TCPIP0::instrument1::gpib0,5::INSTR"...)
viOpen (... "TCPIP0::1.2.3.4::gpib0,3::INSTR "...)
viOpen (... "TCPIP0::instrument3::inst0::INSTR"...)
SICL: iopen ("lan [instrument1]:gpib0,5")
iopen ("lan [1.2.3.4]:gpib0,3")
iopen ("lan [instrument3]:inst0")
Open IO path to LAN instrument at address 5
Open IO path to LAN instrument at address 3
Open IO path to LAN instrument3
Open IO path to LAN instrument at address 5
Open IO path to LAN instrument at address 3
Open IO path to LAN instrument3
LAN
instrument1 machine name
gpib0,5
3
1.2.3.4 IP address
gpib0,3
instrument3
inst0
VXI-11.2
GPIB Emulation
VXI-11.2
GPIB Emulation
VXI-11.3
LAN instrument
TCPIP LAN Client Addressing