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32 Agilent Connectivity Guide
2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite
there may be another CD with additional software (drivers, sample
programs, etc.). If you want to install this additional software,
• Insert the CD into the CD drive on your PC.
• Follow the instructions that came with the CD or the hardware or
software product.
17 Re-connect any USB instruments or E8491 IEEE-1394 FireWire to
VXI interfaces that you may have disconnected in step 2. Install any
new hardware.
18 If Connection Expert is already running, click the Refresh All button
to identify any hardware you have just installed or re-connected.
If Connection Expert is not already running, run it now to verify your
I/O configuration: In the Windows Notification area, click the IO
icon ( ), then click Agilent Connection Expert.
a Locate your interfaces and instruments in the Explorer Pane.
Click on them to see their properties (displayed in the right-hand
pane). Observe their state, also displayed in the right-hand pane: if
communication to the interface or instrument has been
successfully established, it will be in the Verified state, denoted by
a green check mark.
b Change the default I/O configuration (if necessary) by clicking
Change Properties... in the property pane of the interface or
instrument you wish to configure.
c If you would like to test your connections manually, select your
instrument, right-click and choose Send Commands To This
Instrument.
NOTE
If you plan to program your GPIB instruments using the Agilent 488
API, or to run NI-488.2–compatible programs with Agilent interface
hardware (such as GPIB cards), you may need to enable the Agilent 488
library. To do this, click Tools > Agilent 488..., then select the check
box labeled Enable Agilent GPIB cards for 488 programs.