Technical data

Instrument Communication 2
Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming 41
Board Number: The select code of the interface (GPIB) plus the local
bus address of the instrument (which is a number from 0 to 31).
Type 0 in the Board Number field because you are developing a
program without an instrument present (NOT LIVE).
VISA Alias: The alias for VISA address string. It must be the same as
it is configured in Agilent IO library. Leave it empty here.
VISA Address: Enter "GPIB0::14::INSTR" where GPIB0 is card #0.
4 Leave all the other defaults as they are given.
5 Click on Advanced.
6 Leave Timeout (sec)
: at 5.
7 Toggle Live Mode
to OFF if it is not dimmed (grayed out).
8 Leave Byte Ordering
at MSB (as required by all IEEE488.2- compliant
devices).
9 Type in Description (optional)
: hp54504a; this description will appear
on the title bar.
10 Click on the Panel Driver tab.
11 Click on the blank space to the right of ID Filename
: A list of
instruments will appear entitled: Read from what Instrument Driver?
12 Scroll horizontally until you reach hp54504a.cid; click on it. See Figure
2- 2 which contains all the boxes open.
NOTE
Pressing the Tab key after typing in a field will move you to the next field; pressing
Shift-Tab will move you to the previous field.
NOTE
Live Mode should be OFF and dimmed because the address is set to 0 and no real
instrument is connected.