User`s guide

Programming via GPIB and VXI 4
Agilent VISA User’s Guide 101
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 User’s Guide. For
information on VXI instruments, see the applicable
instrument’s User’s Guide.
82350 GPIB Card
Windows PC
. . .
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
E
1
4
0
6
A
V
X
I
I
n
s
t
r
V
X
I
I
n
s
t
r
V
X
I
I
n
s
t
r
. .
VXI Mainframe
GPIB
GPIB-VXI Driver
GPIB Address 9
Primary
Address 9
LA 0 LA 8 LA 24 LA 16