Building and using custom vis – EXFO FLS-2200 Broadband Source User Manual
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Building and Using Custom VIs
Building and Using Custom VIs
EXFO LabVIEW drivers have been designed to let you control the various
instruments according to your needs, by building your own VIs in LabVIEW.
You can access EXFO drivers
directly from
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib\EXFO
from the LabVIEW function palettes
The EXFO palette gives you access to a sub-palette in which each icon
corresponds to a set of drivers that allow you to either
communicate with the FLS-2200 Broadband Source
open and close communication links with the FLS-2200 Broadband
Source
send IEEE 488.2 (common) commands
To open and close the
communication link
To send IEEE 488.2
commands and control
the instrument