Agilent Technologies E5810A - Manual (Page 25)

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E5810A Description
E5810A Software/Firmware
Software/Firmware Architecture
To program instruments from your PC via the E5810 using a programming
language such as C or Visual Basic, you must install and configure the
Agilent IO Libraries Suite on the client PC.
Client System
Architecture
As shown in the following figure, the client (PC) system contains the VISA
LAN client software as well as the TCP/IP LAN software needed to access
the E5810. The E5810 contains LAN server and TCP/IP LAN firmware so it
acts as the LAN server.
The VISA LAN client software is also known as the Remote IO Client
software. It is part of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite. The LAN server software
is also called the Remote IO Server software.
The VISA LAN client software uses the TCP/IP LAN protocol suite to pass
messages between the client system and the server (the E5810). Therefore,
the client sends I/O requests over the network to the server. The server then
executes those I/O requests on the appropriate GPIB and/or RS-232 based
instrument(s) connected to the server.
Client System
Application
Agilent VISA
SICL
LAN Client
TCP
IP
LAN Interface
Server (E5810) Instrument
LAN Server
TCP
IP I/O
Driver
LAN Interface
Instrument
Firmware
GPIB or RS-232 bus