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System Requirements
The Agilent VXI
plug&play
Power Products instrument driver complies with the following:
ñ Microsoft Windows 95
ñ Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
ñ HP VISA revision F.01.02
ñ National Instruments VISA 1.1
Downloading and Installing the Driver
NOTE: Before installing the Agilent VXIplug&play instrument driver, make sure that you have one
of the supported applications installed and running on your computer.
1. Access Agilent Technologies’ Web site at http://www.ag.com/go/drivers.
2. Select the instrument for which you need the driver.
3. Click on the driver, either Windows 95 or Windows NT, and download the executable file to your
PC.
4. Locate the file that you downloaded from the Web. From the Start menu select Run
<path>:\agxxxx.exe - where <path> is the directory path where the file is located, and agxxxx is
the instrument driver that you downloaded .
5. Follow the directions on the screen to install the software. The default installation selections will
work in most cases. The readme.txt file contains product updates or corrections that are not
documented in the on-line help. If you decide to install this file, use any text editor to open and
read it.
6. To use the VXI
plug&play
instrument driver, follow the directions in the Agilent VXI
plug&play
online
help under “Introduction to Programming”.
Accessing Online Help
A comprehensive online programming reference is provided with the driver. It describes how to get
started using the instrument driver with Agilent VEE, LabVIEW, and LabWindows. It includes complete
descriptions of all function calls as well as example programs in C/C++ and Visual BASIC.
ñ To access the online help when you have chosen the default Vxipnp start folder, click on the Start
button and select Programs | Vxipnp | agxxxx Help (32-bit).
- where agxxxx is the instrument driver.