User`s guide

Programming via GPIB and VXI 4
Agilent VISA User’s Guide 87
The Connection Expert utility has been used to assign the GPIB-VXI
driver a VISA name of GPIB-VXI0 and to assign the 82350 GPIB card
a VISA name of GPIB0. VISA addressing is as shown in the figure.
For information on the E1406A Command Module, see the Agilent
E1406A Command Module Users Guide. For information on VXI
instruments, see the applicable instrument’s User’s Guide.
82350 GPIB Card
Windows PC
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Interface VISA Name
VISA Name
"GPIB-VXI0"
"GPIB0"
VISA Addressing
viOpen (... "GPIB-VXI0::24::INSTR"...)
GPIB-VXI Interface (E1406A Command Module)
Open IO path to VXI instrument at logical address 24 using
82350 GPIB Card and E1406A VXI Command Module at
GPIB primary address 9
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VXI Mainframe
GPIB
GPIB-VXI Driver
GPIB Address 9
Primary
Address 9
LA 0 LA 8 LA 24 LA 16