AGILENT CSA N1996A 's Driver

[tabar]

Hi,
I'm looking for Agilent Csa n1996a driver. can someone help me?
i'm working on labview 7.1 to create a remote control pannel of my spectrum Analayzer ,for my University.
 bye

Fabry

Message Edited by tabar on 10-14-2006 05:14 AM

[Dennis_Knutson]

Agilent has an IVI-COM driver avaliable for it at http://adn.tm.agilent.com/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=1382. Unlike IVI-C and native LabVIEW drivers, an IVI-COM driver will not have a palette of LabVIEW functions. Instead, you will have to use ActiveX properties and methods to control the instrument.

[thehobbs]

Here is a document that shows how to use an IVI-COM driver in LabVIEW:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4505

NI is working with Agilent to have  LabVIEW Plug and Play and IVI-C drivers available for the CSA instruments.  This driver should be available early next year.

[elia]

hi I an using also the CSA 1996A. i configure the CSA to work with Statis IP. Using the IO Control i got the visa name of the device and i can connect to it using the IVI com. I can read manufcator and some more details. The question is , how to i program the IVI to measure the data from CSA. like setting start stop frequency , reading the frequency at the marker and reading the power? This is the COM interface AgilentCSA agDrvr This IVI example does not show any thing about it. does some one knows how to do that? Thanks, Eli

[NathanT]

Hello Eli,

       Here is the LabVIEW Plug and Play driver for your instrument.  I highly recommend that you give it a try.

Cheers,

NathanT

[elia]

Hi,

What is the connection between IVI , LAB View and Visual Studio?

I want to control the CSA instrunment using IVI COM inside Visual Studio and write my own program,

To get the peek search , put start stop frequency , read power ..

I did all of that to Agilent Signal generator and USB Power meter (n2001A)

Thanks,

Eli 

[NathanT]

Hello Eli,

        Both Visual Studio and LabVIEW are development environments, except that LabVIEW is graphical.  Most people find LabVIEW's graphical nature easy to use.  Instrument drivers that are written in LabVIEW are called LabVIEW Plug and Play Instrument Drivers.

        IVI is based on a series of specifications defined by the IVI Foundation.  IVI-COM is one architecture in the specifications.  Another architecture is IVI-C.  The IVI drivers that National Instruments develops are IVI-C.

Cheers,

NathanT