Agilent Technologies USB/GPIB Interface Converter 82357A - Manual (Page 30)

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Installing the 82357A
Step 6: Programming via the 82357A
3 Highlight the GPIB instrument to be addressed.
4 Select the Formatted I/O Tab.
5 Select the IEEE 488.2 button.
6 Click the *IDN? button.
7 The GPIB Instrument String should appear.
8 Repeat Steps 3 - 8 for the next GPIB instrument.
9 When communication has been established with each GPIB
instrument, you can begin to program the instruments using VISA,
VISA COM, or SICL. See the next section, “Programming GPIB
Instruments”, for an introduction.
Programming GPIB Instruments
This section provides an introduction to programming GPIB instruments via
the 82357A USB/GPIB Interface Converter using the Agilent VISA,
VISA COM, and SICL IO Libraries. You can program in various languages/
applications, including Visual Basic, Visual C++, Agilent VEE, and National
Instruments LabVIEW.
See the applicable User’s Guide, such as the Visual Basic User’s Guide,
for programming guidelines. You can also find additional programming
examples using various IO Libraries and instrument drivers in the instrument
User’s Guide. After the 82357A is successfully installed and configured, the
Interface Converter acts as a transparent interface for programming GPIB
instruments.
For information on programming using Agilent VISA, see the Agilent VISA
User’s Guide
. For information on VISA COM and for function references for
VISA, VISA COM, and SICL, see the IO Libraries Suite Online Help.