Installing the Agilent N4916A
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Assign a VISA Alias Name to the N4916A
If the
Agilent Connection Expert
does not pop up automatically,
click the
Agilent IO Control
icon
in the Windows task bar and
start it from the menu.
1
In the
Instrument I/O
panel,
click
UsbDevice1
.
"UsbDevice1" is the default
alias name.
2
Click
Change Properties
and change the alias name
to
D4916
. This is the alias
used by the software.
3
After clicking OK,
the
Agilent Connection Expert
shows a window like the following:
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In this example, we use the
Agilent Connection Expert
.
If your N4903A/B or 81141/42A uses revision M.01 of
the Agilent IO Libraries Suite, you can run
IO Config
for the same purpose.
A VISA alias name is required by the software to
access the N4916A.
