EXFO FLS-2200, User Manual

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Using Your Broadband Source in an Automated Test Environment
Broadband Source
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Building and Using Custom VIs
Building and Using Custom VIs
EXFO LabVIEW drivers have been designed to let you control the various
instruments according to your needs, by building your own VIs in LabVIEW.
You can access EXFO drivers
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directly from
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib\EXFO
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from the LabVIEW function palettes
The EXFO palette gives you access to a sub-palette in which each icon
corresponds to a set of drivers that allow you to either
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communicate with the FLS-2200 Broadband Source
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open and close communication links with the FLS-2200 Broadband
Source
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send IEEE 488.2 (common) commands
To open and close the
communication link
To send IEEE 488.2
commands and control
the instrument