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Using the exfo getting started applications – EXFO FTB-500 (Window XP) User Manual

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Using the EXFO Getting Started Applications

Using the EXFO Getting Started Applications

Once the LabVIEW drivers are installed, the Getting Started demo
applications are available to demonstrate the following:

How to open and close the communication link between the remote
computer and the device.

Some of the available functions (by loading the necessary .vi files).

All the .vi files related to an instrument are presented in the same folder. By
default, they can be found under:

C:\Program Files\EXFO\LabVIEW Getting Started\Getting Started xxxx
(where xxxx corresponds to the instrument code).

All Getting Started filenames follow this pattern: InstrumentxxxxTest.vi
(where xxxx corresponds to the product code).

You can also directly start a demo application this way:

From the Windows task bar, click the Start button, then point to All
Programs
> EXFO > LabVIEW Getting Started Applications, and click
Getting Started xxxx (where xxxx corresponds to the product code).

Each Getting Started application offers a user interface (called Front Panel
and a design view (called Block Diagram).

Getting Started file