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Using FTB Products in an Automated Test Environment
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FTB-500
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

directly from
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib\EXFO
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from the LabVIEW function palettes
Each icon of the EXFO palette corresponds to a set of drivers that allow you
to either

communicate with EXFO instruments that support remote control

open and close communication links with instruments

send IEEE 488.2 (common) commands

send platform commands (specific to FTB-500 unit)
To send
IEEE 488.2
commands
To send platform
commands
To open and close
communication link
To control EXFO instruments
(one icon per instrument)