Agilent Technologies N5183A MXG - Manual (Page 17)

Agilent N518xA, E8663B, E44x8C, and E82x7D Signal Generators Programming Guide 7
Getting Started with Remote Operation
IO Libraries and Programming Languages
available with the Agilent IO Libraries versions M and earlier, to send commands to the signal
generator. If the interface you want to use does not appear in the VISA Assistant then you must
manually configure the interface. See the Manual VISA Configuration section below. Refer to the VISA
Assistant Help menu and the Agilent VISA User’s Manual (available on Agilent’s website) for more
information.
VISA Configuration (Automatic)
1. Run the VISA Assistant program.
2. Click on the interface you want to use for sending commands to the signal generator.
3. Click the Formatted I/O tab.
4. Select SCPI in the Instr. Lang. section.
You can enter SCPI commands in the text box and send the command using the viPrintf button.
VISA Configuration (Manual)
Perform the following steps to use IO Config and VISA to manually configure an interface.
1. Run the IO Config Program.
2. Click on GPIB in the Available Interface Types text box.
3. Click the Configure button. Set the Default Protocol to AUTO and then click OK to use the default
settings.
4. Click on GPIB0 in the Configured Interfaces text box.
5. Click Edit...
6. Click the Edit VISA Config... button.
7. Click the Add device button.
8. Enter the GPIB address of the signal generator.
9. Click the OK button in this form and all other forms to exit the IO Config program.
Selecting IO Libraries for GPIB
The IO libraries are included with the GPIB interface card, and can be downloaded from the National
Instruments website or the Agilent website. See also,
“IO Libraries and Programming Languages” on
page 5 for information on IO libraries. The following is a discussion on these libraries.
CAUTION Because of the potential for portability problems, running Agilent SICL without the
VISA overlay is not recommended by Agilent Technologies.