Step 4: configuring the 82357a, Setting 82357a default configuration – Agilent Technologies USB/GPIB Interface Converter 82357A User Manual

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Installing the 82357A

Step 4: Configuring the 82357A

Step 4: Configuring the 82357A

After the 82357A has been installed and the applicable Windows Plug and
Play Manager installation sequence has completed, the 82357A must be
configured before it can be used with SICL or with Agilent VISA or
VISA COM. This step includes:

„

Setting 82357A Default Configuration

„

Setting 82357A Custom Configuration

Setting 82357A Default Configuration

This section shows steps to configure an 82357A for default settings by
using the

Agilent 82357A USB/GPIB Interface Detected

dialog box. The default

configuration should be sufficient for most applications.

1

Check LED Status.

Before setting 82357A configuration, verify that all

three LEDs on the 82357A are still ON to indicate the 82357A has
been successfully installed, but has not yet been configured.

2

82357A Interface Detected Box Appears.

After an 82357A has been

connected to a USB port and the Windows Plug and Play Manager

NOTE

You must have Administrator privileges to install the IO Libraries Suite
and to run the Connection Expert utility. If you do not have Administrator
privileges, the default configuration for the 82357A will not take effect,
and you will not be able to use the 82357A until it has been configured
using Connection Expert.

NOTE

The

Agilent 82357A USB/GPIB Interface Detected

dialog box is displayed

only if the Connection Expert utility is not running when you connect the
82357A. If Connection Expert is running, default configuration is
automatic; you need take no further action. (If Connection Expert is
running and you do
not see your 82357A in the Connection Expert
window after connecting it, click

Refresh All

to force the default

configuration.)

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