Keithley KPCI-3101 Series, User Manual

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KPCI-3101 — KPCI-3104 Series User’s Manual Installation and Configuration 3-3
DriverLINX driver software for Windows 95/98/NT
DriverLINX software, supplied by Keithley with the KPCI-3101–4 Series board, provides con-
venient interfaces to configure analog and digital I/O modes without register-level programming.
Most importantly, however, DriverLINX supports those programmers who wish to create cus-
tom applications using Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, or Delphi. DriverLINX accomplishes fore-
ground and background tasks to perform data acquisition. The software includes memory and
data buffer management, event triggering, extensive error checking, and context sensitive on-
line help.
DriverLINX provides application developers a standardized interface to over 100 services for
creating foreground and background tasks for the following:
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Analog input and output
• Digital input and output
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Time and frequency measurement
• Event counting
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Pulse output
• Period measurement
In addition to basic I/O support, DriverLINX also provides:
• Built-in capabilities to handle memory and data buffer management.
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A selection of starting and stopping trigger events, including pre-triggering, mid-point trig-
gering and post-triggering protocols.
• Extensive error checking.
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Context-sensitive on-line help system DriverLINX is essentially hardware independent,
because its portable APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) work across various operat-
ing systems. This capability eliminates unnecessary programming when changing operating
system platforms.
TestPoint
™
TestPoint is a fully featured, integrated application package that incorporates many commonly
used math, analysis, report generation, and graphics functions. The TestPoint graphical drag-
and-drop interface can be used to create data acquisition applications, without programming, for
IEEE-488 instruments, data acquisition boards, and RS232-485 instruments and devices.
TestPoint includes features for controlling external devices, responding to events, processing
data, creating report files, and exchanging information with other Windows programs. It pro-
vides libraries for controlling most popular GPIB instruments.
TestPoint interfaces with your KPCI-3101–4 Series board through DriverLINX, using a driver
that is provided by the manufacturer.