Agilent Technologies 34980A Getting Started Guide

20 34980A Getting Started Guide
Communicating with the 34980A
You can use either instrument drivers or SCPI commands (in any programming environment) to
communicate with the 34980A. However, Agilent has designed drivers that work best in recommended
environments, as shown in the table below. To install drivers and their associated Help files, refer to the
34980A
Product Reference CD-ROM , which is included with the 34980A User’s Guide . This CD-ROM
also contains a collection of example programs for your reference.
Programming Environment Driver(s)
Microsoft

Visual C

version 6.0, Visual C++

, and ANSI C
IVI-C, IVI-COM
Microsoft

Visual Basic

version 6.0
IVI-C, IVI-COM
Microsoft

Visual Studio

.NET for C#, C, and Visual Basic
IVI-COM
Agilent VEE IVI-C
National Instrument’s LabVIEW

LabVIEW

Plug and Play
(native mode), IVI-C
National Instrument’s LabWindows/CVI

IVI-C

Agilent Technologies 34980A Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	34980A
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Language	English