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KUSB-488B-903-01 Rev. A / March 2010
Model KUSB-488B USB to GPIB Converter Quick Start Guide
Using the Keithley Instruments KI-488 Diagnostic Tool
The KI-488 Diagnostic Tool lets you communicate with any GPIB instrument by writing command
strings to your instrument and reading the results.
To launch the diagnostic tool:
1.
From Microsoft Windows, select
Start > All Programs
.
2.
From the programs selection, select
Keithley Instruments > KI-488 > KI-488 Diagnostic Tool
.
The KI-488 Diagnostic Tool window will open (see
Figure 13
).
Figure 13: KI-488 Diagnostic Tool
3.
Click the
Initialize KI GPIB
button; this will enable the feature buttons and allow you to set the
required parameters.
NOTE
You must click the
Initialize KI GPIB
button before communicating with your instrument
using the KI-488 Diagnostic Tool.
4.
Type any command strings that you want to send to your instrument into the
GPIB Command
String to Send or Transmit
box.
NOTE
For detailed information about using command strings with the Model KUSB-488B, refer
to the KPCI-488LPA/KUSB-488B Reference Manual (part number KI488-901-01) on the
Product Information CD-ROM that came with your product.
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