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Connecting Instruments to USB 4
Agilent Connectivity Guide 79
Step 4: Communicate with Instruments
This step shows how to use Interactive IO to send 488.2 commands to
your USB instruments and read responses.
Check Identification Parameters
1 Highlight the USB instrument in the Instrument I/O on this PC
pane. Then click the Interactive IO icon on the tool bar. (If you are
using a USB/GPIB converter, then you would be highlighting a
GPIB instrument.)
The Interactive IO dialog box appears. The Commands menu is
selected, as shown below.
NOTE
Communication with installed instruments was established in Step 2:
Connect Instruments to USB. Therefore, this is an optional step you can
use to verify communication with instruments.
Figure 21 Interactive IO with 488.2 Commands Displayed