Agilent Technologies Multiple Channel Controller 85330A - Manual (Page 24)

1-6 85330A Multiple Channel Controller
Installation
Checking Operation of the Multiple Channel Controller
Checking Operation of the Multiple Channel
Controller
Turn the multiple channel controller ON; the following screen should
appear:
Select an instrument._
SYSTEM 85330A IBASIC (see note below)
NOTE IBASIC is only present if the IBASIC option is installed.
If the display shows “DIG I/O” instead of “85330A”, then the drivers are no longer
loaded.
If you do not see this display, load the VXI mainframe downloadable driver
files as explained in
“Loading the Driver from a Personal Computer,” next.
The 85330A contains 85330A driver files from the disk labeled 85330A
Downloadable Driver Disk. When your system was shipped, the driver files
were already loaded into the non-volatile memory of the 85330A
mainframe. Once loaded, it will remain when the mainframe is powered
down or when the power is interrupted to the mainframe.
If you must reload the drivers, a complete set of instructions are included in
the
INSTALL.TXT file on the supplied driver disk, or perform the following
instructions:
NOTE This method uses a personal computer (PC) to download the drivers over a
serial cable (supplied).
NOTE The downloadable driver disk should not be set to the write-protected
position or the driver files will not load properly.
Loading the Driver
from a Personal
Computer Equipment Needed
The following equipment was supplied with your system:
•
Serial Cable: 24542U part number 24540-80014, 9-pin to 9-pin
•
Adapter: 1252-7577, 9-pin to 25-pin (only needed if your computer has
a 25-pin serial connector)
•
Downloadable Driver Disk: p/n 85330-10016 (rev A.02.31 or higher)