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Agilent Technologies L4400 User Manual

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L4400 User’s Guide

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Operating and Programming

Once the Visual Basic environment opens, start the program using the
“Start” arrow shown in Figure 3- 9. The program prompts you for the
instrument address as shown.

IO address dialog box

“Start” arrow

Figure 3-9. Changing the Address String (VISA COM Programs).

Using L4400 Instruments in Agilent 34980A Applications

The L4400 series LXI instruments have counterparts that are available as
plug- in modules for the Agilent 34980A Multifunction Switch/Measure
Unit. Table 3- 4 lists the L4400 series instruments and the corresponding
34980A products.

Table 3-4. Agilent L4400 Series and 34980A Module Cross Reference.

L4400A Instrument

34980A Plug-In Module

L4421A: 40-Channel Armature Multiplexer

34921A

L4433A: Dual/Quad 4x8 Reed Matrix

34933A

L4437A: General Purpose Switch

34937A

L4445A: Microwave Switch/Attenuator

34945A

L4450A: 64-Bit Digital I/O

34950A

L4451A: 4-Channel Isolated D/A Converter

34951A

L4452A: Multifunction Module

34952A