136 Chapter 3
Easy Ways to Control Instruments
Configuring an Instrument
Figure 3-8. The Advanced Instrument Properties Dialog
The entries in the General folder are as follows:
4. Toggle
Live Mode to OFF. Then click the Panel Driver folder, and
the dialog box appears as shown in Figure 3-9.
Timeout The maximum number of seconds allowed for an I/O
transaction to complete before you get an error message.
Live Mode Specifies whether there is live communication with the
instrument. Set this to
OFF unless you have an
instrument present. VEE defaults to the
ON setting.
Byte Ordering Specifies the order the device uses for reading and
writing binary data. The field toggles between Most
Significant Byte (MSB) first or Least Significant Byte
first. All IEEE488.2-compliant devices must default to
MSB order.
Description Enter any description here. For example, if you want the
instrument number on the title bar, enter the number.
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