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10 preparing for automation – EXFO FTB-500 (Window XP) User Manual

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10 Preparing for Automation

The FTB-500 was designed to meet the requirements of automation and to
facilitate its integration with your test environment.

EXFO supplies commands that follow the guidelines determined by the
SCPI consortium and LabVIEW drivers 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:

RS-232

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)