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18 Agilent Connectivity Guide
1 Getting Started
Interactive IO
Agilent Interactive IO is a software utility that allows you to interact
with an instrument by sending commands to the instrument and seeing
the instrument’s responses. You can use Interactive IO to:
• quickly verify connectivity to your instrument
• troubleshoot communication problems
• learn the instrument's command set
• rapidly prototype commands and check the instrument's responses
before writing code
With Interactive IO, you can choose from a menu of common
commands (listed in Table 1) or type in commands that are specific to
your instrument.
To start Interactive IO from within Connection Expert, click Tools >
Interactive IO from the Connection Expert menu bar or click Send
commands to this instrument on the task guide. You can also start
Interactive IO from the IO Control by clicking the IO icon in the
Windows notification area and then selecting Interactive IO.
Note that some commands (such as *TST?, instrument self-test) may
take longer than Interactive IO’s default time-out; you can modify the
time-out in the Interactive IO window by selecting Interact >
Options...
Figure 3 Interactive IO Screen