User`s guide

8 Agilent VISA User’s Guide
1 Introduction
What’s in This Guide?
This guide shows VISA programming techniques using C/C++
and Visual Basic. This chapter provides an overview of VISA
and shows how to contact Agilent Technologies. Subsequent
chapters in this guide address the following topics:
• Chapter 2 - Building a VISA Application in Windows
describes how to build a VISA application in a Windows
environment. A sample program is provided to help you
get started programming with VISA.
• Chapter 3 - Programming with VISA describes the basics
of VISA and lists some sample programs. The chapter also
includes information on creating sessions, using formatted
I/O, events, etc.
• Chapter 4 - Programming via GPIB and VXI provides
guidelines for using VISA to communicate over the GPIB,
GPIB- VXI, and VXI interfaces to instruments.
• Chapter 5 - Programming via LAN provides guidelines
for using VISA to communicate over a LAN (Local Area
Network) to instruments.
• Chapter 6 - Programming via USB provides guidelines
for using VISA to communicate over a USB (Universal
Serial Bus) to instruments.
• Glossary includes a glossary of terms and their
definitions.
See “VISA Documentation" on page 10 for other sources of
information on VISA programming.