User`s guide

Easy Ways to Control Instruments Chapter 3
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Using a VXIplug&play Driver
VXIplug&play drivers are issued and supported by the various
instrument vendors. These are C- based drivers and are
designed for the maximum performance and ease of use.
Agilent VEE is fully VXIplug&play compatible. All available
VXIplug&play drivers from Agilent Technologies ship as a
separate product, and are also available on the Web at
http://www.agilent.com/find/inst_drivers and on
the Agilent Developers Network (ADN) at
http://www.agilent.com/find/adn. These same drivers
are also included with VEE along with all Agilent Technologies
panel drivers. To get VXIplug&play drivers for other
instruments, contact the instrument vendor.
Lab 3-4: Configuring a VXIplug&play Driver
This example describes how to configure an hpe1412 driver.
1 Select I/O ⇒ Instrument Manager....
2 Highlight My configuration, then click Add... under
Instrument to get the Instrument Properties dialog box.
Enter a name, such as Instrument, and click Advanced... to
display the Advanced Instrument Properties dialog box.
3 In the Advanced Instrument Properties dialog box, toggle
Live Mode: to OFF and select the Plug&play Driver folder.
Click the Plug&play Driver Name: field to display the
drop- down menu which lists all the drivers installed on
the computer. This example uses the hpe1412 driver, as
shown in
Figure 105.