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Building and using custom vis – EXFO FLS-2200 Broadband Source User Manual

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Using Your Broadband Source in an Automated Test Environment

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Building and Using Custom VIs

Building and Using Custom VIs

EXFO LabVIEW drivers have been designed to let you control the various
instruments according to your needs, by building your own VIs in LabVIEW.

You can access EXFO drivers

directly from
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib\EXFO

from the LabVIEW function palettes

The EXFO palette gives you access to a sub-palette in which each icon
corresponds to a set of drivers that allow you to either

communicate with the FLS-2200 Broadband Source

open and close communication links with the FLS-2200 Broadband
Source

send IEEE 488.2 (common) commands

To open and close the

communication link

To send IEEE 488.2
commands and control
the instrument