Agilent Technologies L4400 - Manual (Page 71)

Operating and Programming 3
L4400 User’s Guide 59
L4400 Series Programming Examples
The L4400 series Product Reference CD- ROM (part number 34989- 13601)
contains progamming examples to familiarize you with the operation of
selected L4400 instruments. Once communication paths to the
instruments have been set (Chapter 2), the examples can be used as an
introduction to the sequence of commands necessary to program the
functions available with the instruments.
The examples on the CD- ROM include multiple development
environments and demonstrate instrument programming via drivers and
direct programming through the I/O libraries. The drivers and I/O
libraries used include:
• IVI- C
• IVI- COM
• VISA
• VISA COM
To install the examples on your computer, insert the Product Reference
CD- ROM and click ‘Install’ next to “L4400 Programming Examples.”
Follow the instructions as prompted.
Once installed, the examples are located in the following (default) path
and are grouped into development environment directories:
C:\Program Files\Agilent\L4400\Examples
To select a specific example, open the environment directory under
“
Examples ” followed by the driver (IVI- COM, IVI- C) or IO library (VISA,
VISA COM) subdirectory.
The examples assume that you are familiar with the programming
languages demonstrated and the tools associated with the development
environment. Note that before you run a programming example, the
program must be edited to include the address string of your particular
instrument. The following sections provide instructions for editing the
programs based on the driver type and development environment.
Modifying IVI-COM Examples (.NET)
IVI- COM examples are available for the Microsoft C#.NET and Visual
Basic.NET development environments. To modify IVI- COM (C#) examples
for use with with your instrument, open the example in the \IVI- COM
subdirectory for your development environment by double- clicking the
example name with the .csproj extension.