138 Chapter 3
Easy Ways to Control Instruments
Configuring an Instrument
The other entries in the Panel Driver folder are as follows:
7. Click
OK to return to the Instrument Properties box. Click OK.
The list of available instruments should now include an instrument
configuration named
scope, using the driver file hp54504a.cid, as
shown in Figure 3-10. The instrument does not have a bus address
specified, because it is not live at present. You can develop the program
in this mode, and add an address later, when you are ready to connect the
instrument to your computer.
Tip: Press the
Tab key after typing in a field to move to the next field, and
press
Shift-Tab to move to the previous field. Pressing Enter is
equivalent to clicking
OK. VEE closes the dialog box.
Sub Address Leave this field blank. Sub Address is used only by non-
VXI cardcage instruments for identifying plug-in
modules.
Error
Checking
Leave the default setting
ON. Error Checking can be
turned off for extra throughput, but then it does not
check for I/O errors.
Incremental
Mode
Leave the default setting
ON. Incremental Mode can
also be turned off, which sends the entire instrument
command string for the instrument state each time you
change a setting.
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