44 Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide
3 Getting Started
Programming the Oscilloscope
• "Referencing the IO Library" on page 44
• "Opening the Oscilloscope Connection via the IO Library" on page 45
• "Using :AUToscale to Automate Oscilloscope Setup" on page 46
• "Using Other Oscilloscope Setup Commands" on page 46
• "Capturing Data with the :DIGitize Command" on page 47
• "Reading Query Responses from the Oscilloscope" on page 49
• "Reading Query Results into String Variables" on page 50
• "Reading Query Results into Numeric Variables" on page 50
• "Reading Definite- Length Block Query Response Data" on page 50
• "Sending Multiple Queries and Reading Results" on page 51
• "Checking Instrument Status" on page 52
Referencing the IO Library
No matter which instrument programming library you use (SICL, VISA, or
VISA COM), you must reference the library from your program.
In C/C++, you must tell the compiler where to find the include and library
files (see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite documentation for more
information).
To reference the Agilent VISA COM library in Visual Basic for Applications
(VBA, which comes with Microsoft Office products like Excel):
1 Choose Tools>References... from the main menu.
2 In the References dialog, check the "VISA COM 3.0 Type Library".