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48 Agilent Connectivity Guide

3 Connecting Instruments to GPIB

GPIB Quick Start

This section shows suggested steps to help you quickly get started

connecting GPIB instruments to the General Purpose Interface Bus

(GPIB).

Typical GPIB Interface System In this guide, a GPIB interface

system is defined as a system in which GPIB instruments are connected

to a GPIB interface card in a Windows PC via GPIB cables. (Refer to

Installing I/O Software for a Windows support matrix.) Figure 10

shows a typical GPIB interface system with a PC and two GPIB

instruments connected via GPIB cables.

Figure 10 Typical GPIB Interface System

GPIB Cable

Connect to GPIB Interface

Card installed in PC.

Connect to GPIB

port on instrument.

Instrument

NOTE

You can also connect GPIB instruments using the Agilent 82357B

USB/GPIB Interface Converter -- then you won’t need a GPIB card. For

more information, go to www.agilent.com/find/gpib.