164 Chapter 3
Easy Ways to Control Instruments
Using a VXIplug&play Driver
Figure 3-31. Selecting a VXIplug&play Driver
4. Select the HPE1412 driver, click OK to return to the Instrument
Properties
dialog box, and click OK to return to the Instrument
Manager
. There should now be an entry for Instrument(@(NOT
LIVE))
.
5. Highlight
Instrument(@(NOT LIVE)), and under Create I/O
Object
, select Plug&play Driver. Click to place the object.
Note In VEE, a VXIplug&play driver resembles a Direct I/O object.
To make measurements with the instrument, you need to configure I/O
transactions that use C functions in the VXIplug&play driver. The driver
provides you with panels to pick the right functions to use.
6. Double-click on the transaction bar labeled <
Double-click to Add
Function>
, and Select a Function Panel is displayed as shown
in Figure 3-32. Figure 3-33 shows the hierarchy of functions in the
function panel. Notice that
Help for the item selected is displayed in the
dialog box.
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