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22 Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz
1 Getting Started with Remote Operation
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Click the Add device button.
8 Enter the GPIB address of the N8211A/N8212A.
9 Click the OK button in this form and all other forms to exit the IO Config program.
Selecting IO Libraries for LAN
The TELNET and FTP protocols do not require IO libraries to be installed on your computer.
However, to write programs to control your N8211A/N8212A, an IO library must be installed
on your computer and the computer configured for instrument control using the LAN
interface.
The Agilent IO libraries Suite is available on the Automation-Ready CD, which was shipped
with your N8211A/N8212A. The libraries can also be downloaded from the Agilent website.
The following is a discussion on these libraries.
Agilent VISA VISA is an IO library used to develop IO applications and instrument drivers
that comply with industry standards. Use the Agilent VISA library for programming the
N8211A/N8212A over the LAN interface.
SICL Agilent SICL is a lower level library that is installed along with Agilent VISA.
Programming Languages
Along with Standard Commands for Programming Instructions (SCPI) and IO library
functions, you use a programming language to remotely control the N8211A/N8212A.
Common programming languages include:
• C/C++
• C#
• MATLAB
®
(MATLAB is a registered trademark of The MathWorks.)
• HP Basic
• LabView
• Java™ (Java is a U.S. trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
• Visual Basic
®
(Visual Basic is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.)
• PERL
• Agilent VEE
For examples, using some of these languages, refer to Chapter 3, “Programming Examples.