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11 preparing for automation, Exfo – EXFO FTB-2 User Manual

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11 Preparing for Automation

Your unit was designed to meet the requirements of automation and to
facilitate its integration with your test environment.

Note: To have access to automation features on an FTB-2 unit, you must

purchase the Automation option.

EXFO supplies commands that follow the guidelines determined by the
SCPI consortium for many instruments. EXFO also supplies COM properties
and events allowing you to build your own application.The instruments can
be controlled either locally or remotely via the following technologies:

EXFO

RS-232

(with USB/RS-232

adapter)

ActiveX

(DCOM)

(Ethernet, TCP/IP)

LabView

Visual Basic

Visual C++

Delphi

ActiveX

(COM Software protocol)

Visual Basic

Visual C++

Delphi

Local Access

Remote access

SCPI Commands

SCPI Commands

Libraries & "drivers"

LabWindows

LabView

LabWindows

Telnet

(Ethernet, TCP/IP)

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