User`s guide

Agilent IO Libraries Suite

Agilent VISA User’s Guide

Agilent Technologies

Programming with VISA

This chapter describes how to program with VISA. The basics of VISA

are described, including formatted I/O, events and handlers, attributes,

and locking. Example programs are also provided and can be found in

the ProgrammingSamples subdirectory

(C:\Program Files\Agilent\IO Libraries Suite\

ProgrammingSamples in a default installation).

Click the IO Control and select Installation Information to see the

specific installation directories used on your PC. For specific details on

VISA functions, see the VISA Online Help.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• VISA Resources and Attributes

• Using Sessions

• Sending I/O Commands

• Using Events and Handlers

• Trapping Errors

• Using Locks