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40 Agilent Connectivity Guide
2 Installing Agilent I/O Libraries Suite
may see the message Missing or Damaged GPIB-32.DLL when you
attempt to use National Instruments Measurement & Automation
Explorer to change the properties of an NI GPIB interface. If this
occurs:
1 Disable Agilent 488: in Connection Expert, click Tools > Agilent
488... and clear (deselect) the check box labeled Enable Agilent
GPIB cards for 488 programs.
2 Perform the operation that caused the error (such as changing the
properties of the NI interface).
3 Re-enable Agilent 488: in Connection Expert, click Tools > Agilent
488... and select the check box labeled Enable Agilent GPIB cards
for 488 programs.
(In a few cases, you may be prompted to restart your PC before you can
successfully enable or disable Agilent 488.)
Using Agilent VISA in Side-by-Side Mode
Agilent IO Libraries Suite includes an implementation of VISA (Virtual
Instrument Software Architecture), one of three available application
programming instruments for instrument control. The VISA standard
requires that visa32.dll, the dynamic-link library that implements the
VISA interface, be installed in prescribed locations; therefore, only one
installed implementation (the primary implementation) can fully
comply with the standard at any one time. Because of this, you must
take special care if you want to use Agilent IO Libraries Suite alongside
any other implementation of VISA, such as National Instruments’
NI-VISA.
NOTE
The following discussion applies specifically to 32-bit Windows
systems. For information on VISA architecture and interoperability on
64-bit Windows systems, see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Online
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