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58 Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming
3 Instrument Controls
Configuring a virtual instrument to a real instrument
1 Select Menu Bar => I/O => Instrument Manager.
2 Choose scope(Agilent54504a(@(NOT LIVE)).
3 Open Properties; double- click on the VISA Address field; change the
address to GPIB0::9::INSTR.
4 Save this exercise again as EXER03.1
NOTE
• The "9" in the address signifies the default address for oscilloscopes and "0" is
the GPIB board card number.
• Click on Advanced under Properties; toggle the Live Mode to ON; click OK twice.
• The Instrument List will now include a GPIB7 heading with
oscope(@)GPIB0::9::INSTR appearing under it.
NOTE
As this now represents a live (real) instrument, an interface to an actual oscilloscope
must be connected to the PC system via a card. See EXER03.2 below.