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Appendix D
SRS Residual Gas Analyzer
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(Contact National Instruments for the most up-to-date information regarding the requirements for running
their LabVIEW software)
If you wish to use the kit in order to easily put your data on the web, LabVIEW version 6i includes a
built-in web-publishing tool. The kit was tested with this web-publishing tool, and this document
discusses how to use it.
Note that if you would like to try out the SRS RGA stand-alone application, it is available from the SRS
web site (
www.thinksrs.com ) as a stand-alone executable file. LabVIEW is not required to run the
application. A run-time engine and VISA drivers must be installed to use the application on a system
without LabVIEW. These software components are included in the download, and will automatically be
installed with the SRS RGA LabVIEW application.
Browsing the kit
After you download the free kit, you can install it under any directory you choose. However, it may make
things easier to install the kit under the LabVIEW instrument drivers directory, (for example, C:\Program
Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6\instr.lib) so it can quickly be accessed from within LabVIEW.
The easiest way to get a feel for what is in the kit is to browse the VI named ““VI Tree”” (see figure below).
VI Tree is a documentation VI. It only shows each VI used in the three hierarchical levels of the kit, and
performs no other function. Attempting to run this VI will result in an error since it is merely a collection
of unconnected VIs.