Commands in the DVT Subsystem
Example: Use of :DVT Subsystem Commands
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Agilent 81250 Parallel Bit Error Ratio Tester, Programming Reference, March 2006
Example: Use of :DVT Subsystem
Commands
:DVT:INST:LIST?
# check for instrument types
# available
# Returns: “DSR”
:DVT:INST:RES:LIST? “DSR”
# check for available virtual
# instruments
# Returns: “DSR1”
# query to get a handle for the
# virtual instrument. _TEST is a
# suggestion:
:DVT:INST:HAND:CRE? _TEST, “DSR”, “DSR1”
# The suggested handle is accepted.
# Returns: _TEST
:DVT:INST:HAND:LIST?
# Lists the handles in use
# Returns: “DVT”, “_TEST”
:_TEST:IDN?
# Queries for the virtual instrument
# identification
# Returns:
# Agilent Technologies,E4875A,0,0
:DVT:instrument:handle:destroy _TEST
# destroy the handle _TEST
# (do not forget the underscore)
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