Agilent Technologies 8719ET Programmer's Guide

Chapter 7 7-15
Programming Examples
Measurement Setup Examples
ViSession vi;
ViStatuserr_status;
ViChar err_message[256];
/* Note that this function can verify that the instrument specified is an */
/* hp875x (id_query=VI_TRUE) and can send a reset to the instrument */
/* (do_reset=VI_TRUE). */
err_status = hp875x_init(Nwa, id_query, do_reset, &vi);
if (( err_status < VI_SUCCESS ) || ( vi == VI_NULL ))
{
printf(“\ninit failed with return code %d\n”, err_status);
if ( vi != VI_NULL )
{
hp875x_error_message(vi,err_status,err_message);
printf(“ Error Status: %d\n”, err_status);
printf(“ Error Message: %s\n”, err_message);
}
exit (err_status);
}
*vi_ptr = vi;
return(VI_SUCCESS);
}
ViStatus checkErr (ViSession vi, ViStatus err_status)
{
ViInt32 inst_err;
ViChar err_message[256];
if(VI_SUCCESS > err_status)
{
/* Send a device clear to ensure communication with */
/* the instrument. */
hp875x_dcl(vi);
/* If the driver is set to detect instrument errors, and */
/* an instrument error is detected, the error code is */
/* hp875x_INSTR_ERROR_DETECTED (see 875x_cpp.h). In this */
/* case, query the instrument for the error and display */
/* it. Otherwise, the error is a driver error. Query the */
/* driver for the error and display it. */
if(hp875x_INSTR_ERROR_DETECTED == err_status)
{
hp875x_error_query(vi, &inst_err, err_message);
printf(“Instrument Error : %ld, %s\n”, inst_err, err_message);
}
else
{
hp875x_error_message(vi, err_status, err_message);
printf(“Driver Error : %ld, %s\n”, err_status, err_message);

Agilent Technologies 8719ET Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8719ET
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English