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Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 2

Agilent Connectivity Guide 39

This Web site includes many types of instrument drivers, including

IVI-COM and VXIplug&play drivers.

Using Agilent 488 in Multi-Vendor Systems

Agilent IO Libraries Suite includes the Agilent 488 library, allowing

you to use your National Instruments’ NI-488.2 and other vendors’ 488

libraries compatible programs with Agilent GPIB interfaces and other

vendors’ interfaces (even simultaneously).

If your test system includes only Agilent GPIB interface hardware and

software, you do not need to take any special action to use Agilent 488.

If your system includes NI-488.2 software from National Instruments,

or any other vendor’s compatible implementation, you may need to

explicitly enable Agilent 488. To do this, click Tools > Agilent 488...,

then select the check box labeled Enable Agilent GPIB cards for 488

programs.

Although Agilent 488 does not conflict with NI-488.2 and both libraries

can be used simultaneously, some National Instruments software may

display error messages when Agilent 488 is enabled; for example, you

NOTE

Agilent IO Libraries version 15.5 installs version 2.0.0 of the IVI

Shared Components (see http://www.ivifoundation.org/) and .NET

version 2.0 (with a Service Pack level that depends on your operating

system). If you are developing .NET programs, the development

environment you use must support .NET 2.0. For example, if you use

Visual Studio to develop C# or VB.NET applications, you must use

Visual Studio 2005 or higher. (MS Visual Studio 2003 does not

recognize .NET Framework 2.0, and as a result, Visual Studio 2003 may

not be used to develop .NET solutions with IO Libraries Suite 15.5.)

NOTE

If you install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on a PC that has third-party 488

library software (such as NI-488.2) already installed, or if you subse-

quently install such third-party software, Agilent 488 will automatically

be disabled. If you want to use Agilent 488, you must re-enable it after

installing any third-party 488 library.