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The Keysight 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver
Introduction to Programming
Example Programs
See the Online Help and
VISA-Specific Information
The following information is useful if you are using the driver with a version
of VISA.
Instrument Addresses
When you are using Keysight VXI
plug&play
instrument drivers, you should
enter the instrument addresses using only upper case letters. This is to
ensure maximum portability.
For example, use GPIB0::22 rather than gpib0::22.
Callbacks
Callbacks are not supported by this driver.
Development Environments
These sections contains suggestions as to how you can use hp816x_32.dll
within various application development environments.
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 (or higher) and Borland C++ 4.5 (or higher)
Please refer to your Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland C++ manuals for
information on linking and calling DLLs.
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 (or higher)
Please refer to your Microsoft Visual Basic manual for information on
calling DLLs.
The BASIC include file is hp816x.bas. You can find this file in the directory
C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\Include.
You may also need to include the file visa.bas. visa
.bas
is provided with
your VISA DLL.
