Introduction 9
Overview of Agilent VEE
Leveraging Existing Test Programs with Agilent VEE
On all supported operating systems, VEE provides mechanisms for linking
conventional test programs as well as commercial applications. For example,
you could use VEE to sequence existing tests in Rocky Mountain Basic, C,
C++, Visual Basic, Fortran, or Pascal (or any compiled or interpreted
language on your operating system). VEE also provides a number of
interprocess communication features to share data with commercial
applications such as databases or spreadsheets.
On PCs, VEE supports standard ties to ActiveX Automation and Controls,
and DLLs. On HP-UX, VEE supports Named Pipes and Shared Libraries.
Controlling Instruments with Agilent VEE
VEE provides many options for controlling and communicating with
instruments.
n Use panel drivers (instrument drivers) for over 450 instruments from
different vendors plus all drivers available from various vendors that are
VXIplug&play compatible in the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
2000, Windows NT 4.0, or HP-UX frameworks.
n Use VEE’s Direct I/O to send instrument command strings over standard
interfaces such as GPIB (IEEE - 488), GPIO, RS 232, VXI, or
LAN-based instruments for remote testing.
n Control PC plug-in boards from any manufacturer that supplies a
standard ODAS driver, or a Dynamic Link Library with the board.
n Use direct VXI backplane control using embedded PCs or workstations.
n Control a great variety of instrument types with an easy, organized
instrument management capability.
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