User`s guide

Agilent IO Libraries Suite

Agilent VISA User’s Guide

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Programming via GPIB and VXI

VISA supports three interfaces you can use to access GPIB (General

Purpose Interface Bus) and VXI (VME eXtension for Instrumentation)

instruments: GPIB, VXI, and GPIB-VXI.

This chapter provides information to program GPIB and VXI devices

via the GPIB, VXI or GPIB-VXI interfaces, including:

• GPIB and VXI Interfaces Overview

• Using High-Level Memory Functions

• Using Low-Level Memory Functions

• Using High/Low-Level Memory I/O Methods

• Using the Memory Access Resource

• Using VXI-Specific Attributes

See Chapter 3, “Programming with VISA”, for general information on

VISA programming for the GPIB, VXI, and GPIB-VXI interfaces. See

the VISA Online Help for information on the specific VISA functions.