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Agilent IO Libraries Suite
Agilent VISA User’s Guide
Agilent Technologies
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Introduction
This Agilent VISA User’s Guide describes the Agilent Virtual
Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) library and shows
how to use it to develop I/O applications and instrument
drivers on Windows PCs.
This chapter includes:
• What’s In This Guide?
• VISA Overview
• Contacting Agilent
NOTE
Before you can use VISA, you must install and configure VISA on your
computer. See the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Getting Started for installation
on Windows systems.
Note that using VISA functions and SICL functions in the same I/O
application is not supported.