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Agilent Technologies N5183A MXG User Manual

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Agilent N518xA, E8663B, E44x8C, and E82x7D Signal Generators Programming Guide

Using IO Interfaces
Using LAN

Configuring for VXI-11

The Agilent IO library has a program, IO Config, that is used to setup the computer/signal generator
interface for the VXI- 11 protocol. Download the latest version of the Agilent IO library from the
Agilent website. Refer to the Agilent IO library user manual, documentation, and Help menu for
information on running the IO Config program and configuring the VXI- 11 interface.

Use the IO Config program to configure the LAN client. Once the computer is configured for a LAN
client, you can use the VXI- 11 protocol and the VISA library to send SCPI commands to the signal
generator over the LAN interface. Example programs for this protocol are included in

“LAN

Programming Interface Examples” on page 101

of this programming guide.

NOTE

To communicate with the signal generator over the LAN interface you must enable the
VXI- 11 SCPI service. For more information, refer to

“Configuring the DHCP LAN (Agilent

MXG)” on page 33

and

“Configuring the DHCP LAN (ESG/PSG/E8663B)” on page 33

.

If you are using the Windows NT platform, refer to

“Windows NT and Agilent IO Libraries M

(and Earlier)” on page 6

for information on using Agilent IO Libraries versions M or earlier

to configure the interface.

For Agilent IO library version J.01.0100, the “Identify devices at run- time” check box must be
unchecked. Refer to

Figure 2- 4

.

Figure 2-4

Show Devices Form (Agilent IO Library version J.01.0100)

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