Keysight 34980A - Communicating with the 34980 A

1 Getting Started
54 Keysight 34980A Getting Started Guide
Communicating with the 34980A
You can use either instrument drivers or SCPI commands (in any programming
environment) to communicate with the 34980A. However, Keysight has designed
drivers that work best in recommended environments, as shown in the table
below. To install drivers and their associated Help files, refer to
www.keysight.com/support/34980a.
Programming Environment
Driver
Microsoft
®
Visual C
®
version 6.0, Visual C++
®
, and ANSI C
IVI-C, IVI-COM
Microsoft
®
Visual Basic
®
version 6.0
IVI-C, IVI-COM
Microsoft
®
Visual Studio
®
.NET for C#, C, and Visual Basic
IVI-COM
Keysight VEE IVI-C
National Instrument’s LabVIEW
®
LabVIEW
®
Plug and Play
(native mode), IVI-C
National Instrument’s LabWindows/CVI
®
IVI-C