
Installing and Configuring the 82351A
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82351A User’s Guide
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Figure 1-15
Example of GPIB interface configuration
GPIB Interface (82351A PCIe-GPIB Cards)
Interface VISA/SICL IDs
MS Windows PC
GPIB Cable
GPIB Instruments
82351A GPIB Card #1
82351A GPIB Card #2
5
3
3
VISA Interface ID SICL Interface ID
“GPIB0”
“gpib0”
“GPIB1”
“gpib0”
VISA/SICL Addressing
VISA: viOpen (...”GPIB0::5::INSTR”...) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 5 using 82351A card #1
viOpen (...”GPIB1::3::INSTR”...) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82351A card #2
SICL: iopen (“gpib7,5”) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 5 using 82351A card #1
iopen (“gpib7,3”) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82351A card # 1
iopen (“gpib8,3”) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82351A card #2
viOpen (...”GPIB0::3::INSTR”...) Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82351A card #1
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