Using Visual Programming Environments The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 221
Getting Started with LabView
The 32-bit Agilent 816x driver can be used with LabView 5.0 and above.
LabView 5.0 is a 32-bit version of LabView which runs on Windows 95 and
Windows NT.
After installing the Agilent 816x instrument driver, the driver must be
converted for use with LabView.
1 To convert the driver follow these steps:
a If you are updating from a previously installed driver, perfrorm the following
three steps:
b Locate the LabView program folder. By default, this is
<drive>:Program
Files\National Instruments\LabView
.
c This folder contains a subfolder named instr.lib.
2
Run LabView.
3 On the first window that appears, click on the Solution Wizards button.
4 The LabView Solution Wizard window appears, click on the Launch
Wizard… button.
5 The Welcome to Instrument Wizard! window appears, click on the Next
> button.
6 The Search for Instruments… window appears, click on the Next >
button. Check that the options are the same as displayed in the figure
below:
Figure 15 Search for GPIB Instruments
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