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1. viii Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC This instrument complies with the WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC marking requirement This affixed product label indicates that you must not discard this electrical electronic product in domestic household waste Product Category With reference to the equipment types in the WEEE directive Annex 1 this instrument is classified as a Monitoring and Control Instrument product The affixed product label is shown as below Do not dispose in domestic household waste To return this unwanted instrument contact your nearest Agi lent office or visit www agilent com environment product for more information Agilent Technologies According to ISONEC Guide 22 and CEN CENELEC EN 45014 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturer s Name Agilent Technologies Incorporated Manufacturer s Address 815 14 St SW Loveland CO 80537 USA Declares under sole responsibility that the product as originally delivered Product Name PCI GPIB Interface Model Number 82350B Product Options This declaration covers all options of the above product s complies with the essential requirements of the following applicable European Directives and carries the CE marking accordingly EMC Directive 89 336 EEC amended by 93 68 EEC Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC amended by 93 68 EEC and conforms with the following product st
2. Interactive IO window 4 To send other commands click Commands gt to select from a list of common commands or type a command into the Command field If you experience timeout errors for some commands click Options to change the timeout value i Agilent Interactive 10 CONNECTED TO GPIB1 13 INSTR DER Connect Interact Help w T z El Device Clear ReadSTB SYST E ERR Clear History Options Command Commands Send Command Read Response Send amp Read Instrument Session History Connected to GPIB1 13 INSTR gt IDN lt Agilent Technologies 4419B MY45101248 42 09 00 Figure 1 12 Agilent Interactive 10 Programming your instruments This section provides an introduction to programming GPIB instruments via the 82350 PCI GPIB interface using the Agilent VISA and SICL IO Libraries You can program in various languages applications including Visual Basic Visual C and Agilent VEE 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 29 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 See the applicable User s Guide such as the Viswal Basic User s Guide for programming guidelines You can also find additional programming examples using various IO Libraries and instrument drivers in the instrument User s Guide After the 82350 is successfully installed and configured it should act as a transparent interface for programming GPIB instruments For information on programming using Agilen
3. Guide 5 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Video Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB graphics memory recommended Super VGA graphics is supported Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or greater Create an emergency repair disk The Agilent IO Libraries Suite includes I O drivers for various PCI plug in cards Extensive testing of these drivers and cards has revealed that early revisions of the BIOS code in several PCs are not completely PCI compliant This has caused problems when running the Agilent IO Libraries whether or not the PCI card is installed Problems can include system errors operating system crashes or card initialization failures For Windows NT operating systems most PC manufacturers recommend that before installing any PCI card you first create an EMERGENCY REPAIR DISK If your PC exhibits any abnormal behavior following installation of the Agilent IO Libraries we recommend a BIOS upgrade to the PC BIOS upgrades are available from most PC manufacturers websites 6 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Step 2 Installing the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite Below are the steps on how to install the Agilent IO Libraries Suite using default settings including e Checking for Installed Agilent IO Libraries or Agilent IO Libraries Suite e Installing Agilent IO Libraries Suite See the Agilent I0 Libraries Getting Started Guide on your Au
4. PC meets or exceeds the following criteria Table 3 1 lists the general requirements for installing the 82350 Table 3 1 82350 General requirements Minimum system requirements Windows XP Vista 7 I0 Libraries Suite v15 Software required Agilent I0 Libraries Suite 10 Libraries Suite v15 included PCI bus slot 5 V PCI slot 32 bits Supported PCI rev 2 2 standards IEEE 488 1 and IEEE 488 2 compatible 50 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 82350 Specifications and Information 3 General Characteristics All characteristics are typical performance values and are not warranted Table 3 2 lists the general characteristics of the Agilent 82350 Table 3 2 82350 General characteristics Power Backplane 5 V PCI Connectors Standard 24 pin GPIB IEEE 488 5V PCI Maximum data rate More than 900 KB s Maximum instrument 14 instruments daisy chain via GPIB connection Buffering Built in Configuration Plug and Play EMC and safety IEC 61326 1 Group 1 Class A IEC 61010 1 Warranty 1 year Length width and 122 mm L x 122 mm W x 22 mm H a height full height PCI card Weight 0 091 kg 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 51 3 82350 Specifications and Information Accessing an Electronic Copy of this Guide There are two ways you can access an electronic pdf version of this guide as follows You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3 0 or l
5. connectivity For connection communication and control of test instruments from your computer you can find out the latest in connectivity 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 53 3 82350 Specifications and Information 54 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Index A Administrator privileges required 8 Agilent 10 Control icon 19 Agilent VEE 24 Agilent Web sites 51 Agilent contacting 51 c Changing Configuration Parameters 34 Changing Modes of Operation 35 configuration parameters changing 34 configuration parameters setting 34 Configuring 82350B 17 connecting 82350A to PC 11 connecting 82350A to USB hub 16 Connecting GPIB Instruments 23 Connection Expert 8 36 contacting Agilent 51 crossover point 39 E examples Connecting Multiple GPIB Instruments 16 GPIB Interface Configuration 26 G General Characteristics 49 GPIB check for driver files 34 crossover point 39 interrupt mode 38 Logical Unit 21 polling mode 38 SICL interface ID 21 System Controller 21 VISA Interface ID 21 H Hard Drive 6 1 0 interface 26 ihint 38 Initial Operating States 29 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 55 initial operating states 29 Installing Agilent 10 Libraries Suite 8 installing the 82350A configuring the 82350A 17 Interactive 10 23 interface ID 26 10 Libraries Suite checking for installation 8 iopen 26 L LED states 29 logical
6. ireadQ ifreadQ and iscanfQ regardless of the above settings when a termchr is set itermchrQ is not set to 1 In VISA Polling mode will always be used for viReadQ viBufReadQ and viScanfQ regardless of the above settings when VI_ATTR_TERM_CHAR_EN VI_TRUE The crossover point at which the Interrupt mode becomes faster then the Polling mode depends on the CPU speed with a faster CPU having a higher crossover point 44 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 Agilent 10 Libraries Suite Checks This section gives guidelines to troubleshoot problems involving the Agilent IO Libraries Suite including Check IO Libraries Suite Installation Check IO Control Operation Install IO Libraries Suite Gf 82350 was Installed First Check I0 Libraries Suite installation Start your Agilent IO Libraries Suite troubleshooting sequence by verifying IO Libraries Suite installation If the IO Libraries Suite is installed go to Check IO Control Operation 1 Check Agilent IO Libraries Version If a version of the Agilent IO Libraries has been installed a blue IO icon is normally displayed on the Windows Notification Area on the lower right hand side of the screen lt __ 10 Libraries Suite Icon Figure 2 210 Libraries Suite icon If the IO icon is displayed click the icon and click About Agilent IO Control to display the version The version must be version 15 or greater If t
7. is set to Windows NT NOT PnP O S or Other the BIOS will perform this task c For NT version 4 0 or earlier the BIOS must perform this task as the operating system does not know how to do this For Windows 98 either the BIOS or the operating system can do this task so try both If you are running Windows NT set to Running Windows NT Not VXIplug amp play OS or Other 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 39 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines 82350 Software Checks 40 This section provides guidelines for 82350 software checks including Disable Connection Expert Auto Discovery Check BIOS Interrupts Settings Set 82350 Read Write Performance Mode Disable Connection Expert Auto Discovery If your PC sound card stops working after configuring interfaces disable the auto discovery process in Connection Expert as the auto discovery process can cause sound and other cards to stop responding To disable the auto discovery process run Connection Expert select Tools Options and clear the check boxes labeled Automatic discovery or refresh of I O resources and Automatic configuration of unconfigured interfaces Close Connection Expert and restart your PC Check BIOS Interrupts Settings If Connection Expert reports finding an 82350 card with Serial Number ffffffff this is typically caused by PCI cards not properly configuring Try the following steps If these steps do not work remove and re install the 82350 an
8. properties for this GPIB PCI interface card VISA interface ID GPIBO v GPIB address 21 System controller recommended SICL interface ID gpibo Logical unit 7 Auto discover instruments connected to this interface Figure 1 11 Configure GPIB card parameters 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 25 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Table 1 1 82350 GPIB interface card configuration parameters VISA Interface ID Symbolic name that VISA uses to uniquely identify this GPIB interface The default VISA interface ID is GPIBO The 82350 interface ID for VISA must begin with the string GPIB and have an integer appended to it such as GPIBO GPIB1 GPIB2 etc Remember this value to properly address GPIB devices in your VISA applications GPIB Address Address of this GPIB interface controller on the GPIB bus It is usually 21 if the GPIB interface is a System Controller or 20 if the GPIB interface is a non System Controller see System Controller following These addresses are chosen by convention but any address in the range 0 30 inclusive may be used System Controller Determines if this interface controls which bus devices talk and which bus devices listen If several devices exist on a bus be sure each has a unique GPIB bus address and only one device is the System Controller Each GPIB interface has its own independent bus Thus each interface may be a Syst
9. the 82350 1 Step 3 Connecting your instruments This step shows how to install an 82350 in a PCI slot in your PC and how to connect GPIB instruments to the 82350 including Installing the 82350 in your PC e Connecting instruments to the 82350 If you have not yet installed the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite go to Step 2 Installing the Agilent IO Libraries Suite and install the software BEFORE you install the 82350 in your PC To reduce the risk of damaging the 82350 only handle the card by the sheet metal frame or by its edges Never touch any other part of the card including the PCI connector The 82350B is a 5V PCI card and will not fit in a 3 3V PCI slot Also the 82350 will not fit in an EISA or ISA slot Installing the 82350 in your PC 1 Record the Card Serial Number Remove the card from its anti static bag and record the Serial Number for future reference Save the anti static bag so you can protect the card if you need to remove the card from the PC The 82350 Serial Number is located on the white serial number label on the card The label contains 24 characters with the last 8 characters plus US being the 82350 Serial Number Thus if the numbers on the serial number label are 82350 66511 4224 01 42300113 since the last 8 characters are 42300113 the 82350 Serial Number is US42300113 2 Remove PC Cover Remove power from the PC and from all of its peripherals Then remove the power cord from the
10. Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface Installation and Configuration Guide ig Agilent Technologies Notices Agilent Technologies Inc 2002 2009 No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means including electronic storage and retrieval or translation into a foreign language without prior agreement and written consent from Agilent Technologies Inc as governed by United States and international copyright laws Manual Part Number 82350 90004 Edition Eighth Edition July 20 2009 Printed in Malaysia Agilent Technologies Inc 3501 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara CA 95052 USA Microsoft is a U S registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PCI SIG and the PCI SIG design marks are registered trademarks and or service marks of PCI SIG FireWire is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc Warranty The material contained in this document is provided as is and is subject to being changed without notice in future editions Further to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law Agilent dis claims all warranties either express or implied with regard to this manual and any information contained herein includ ing but not limited to the implied warran ties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Agilent shall not be liable for errors or for incidental or con sequential damages in connection with the furnishing use or performance of this docu
11. GPIB GPIB Connector Connect to connector on 82350 GPIB Interface GPIB port on GPIB Instrument Card installed in PC Figure 1 8 Connecting a single GPIB instrument 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 21 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 CAUTION Example Connecting Multiple GPIB Instruments Figure 1 9 shows one way to connect three GPIB instruments to an Agilent 82350 GPIB Interface Card You may want to record the primary GPIB address of each attached instrument for future programming use After making the connections reconnect the PC power cord and apply power to the PC and attached peripherals instruments To avoid damage to the connectors only finger tighten the connectors Although the figure shows cable connections to GPIB Instrument 1 the connection can be to any GPIB instrument in the system GPIB Connector Connect to GPIB GPIB Connector connector on 82350 Interface Card Connect to GPIB port on GPIB Instrument 1 GPIB Cable vt 22 vt a g g g F a a N Instrument 3 Figure 1 9 Connecting multiple GPIB instruments 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Step 4 Configuring the 82350 This step shows how to configure a Windows XP Vista 7 operating system for a PC that has an 82350 installed Installing configurati
12. Libraries Suite 15 5 InstallShield Wizard Install Agilent VISA Agilent VISA will be installed as the primary VISA and in side by side mode If you plan on installing another company s VISA in the future you may wish to clear the checkbox For more information see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Connectivity Guide www agilent com find connectivityquide Install Agilent VISA as primary VISA lt Back Next gt Cancel If you do have another vendor s VISA installed you will see a similar dialog box but the check box will not be selected indicating that the default is to install Agilent VISA as secondary For details on this topic see Using Agilent VISA in Side by Side Mode in the JO Libraries Suite 15 5 Connectivity Guide 11If you chose a Custom setup the next dialog shows the location of gt The IO Libraries Suite Destination Folder gt Agilent VISA Destination Folder gt IVI Components Destination Folder The VISA and IVI destinations are greyed out They are for information only In order to change them you must follow the instructions in Custom Install the IVI Shared Components in the IO Libraries Suite 15 5 Connectivity Guide 12If you chose a Custom setup you will now see the Select Features dialog box 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 13 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Click on any feature in the list to see the fea ture description and the space require
13. O path to GPIB instrument at address 5 using 82350 Card 1 iopen gpib0 3 Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82350 Card 1 iopen gpib1 3 Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82350 Card 2 Figure 1 13 Interface configuration for multiple instruments 32 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface 82350B PCI GPIB Interface e e Installation and Configuration Guide e e e oe 4 e 2 e Troubleshooting Guidelines This chapter shows suggested troubleshooting steps for an Agilent 82350 GPIB interface including nore Additional troubleshooting information appears in the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite Online Help and on the Web at http www agilent com find iolib Agilent Technologies 33 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines Troubleshooting Overview A suggested troubleshooting flowchart for the 82350 installed instruments and the Agilent IO Libraries Suite follows We suggest that you start at Step 1 and then go to Step 2 and then to Step 3 as required 1 82350 Hardware Checks 2 82350 Software Checks 3 10 Libraries Checks Typical Causes Bad GPIB cables connections or power not ON for PC or instruments Typical Causes GPIB card drivers not installed or GPIB card not properly configured Typical Causes Agilent IO Libraries Suite not installed or improper IO Libraries Suite configuration Che
14. PC Unlock and remove the 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 17 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 cover from the PC to allow access to the I O slots See your PC documentation for instructions Take precautions against static discharge when handling and installing cards Figure 1 4 Remove the PC cover 3 Remove a Cover Plate Remove one of the PC back panel cover plates The 82350B is a 5V PCI card and will not fit in a 3 3V PCIe slot or in an EISA or ISA slot Choose a 5V PCI slot that will give adequate clearance for the GPIB connector gt ANN Figure 1 5 Remove the card slot 4 Install the 82350 Insert the 82350 Interface Card edge connector into the PCI expansion slot connector of the PC Make sure the interface is fully seated by pushing firmly on the top edge of the card with the palm of your hand The GPIB 18 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 connector should extend through the back panel opening to allow GPIB cable connection If you install more than one 82350 you may want to install the cards so there is at least one empty slot between 82350s When inserting the 82350 be sure to hold the card by its edges Also be careful with the metal faceplate around the GPIB connector as the faceplate can be bent Figure 1 6 Install the 82350B 5 Replace the Cover Plate Screw This will hold the 82350 in place Save the blank cover plate for u
15. an do this task so try both If you are running Windows NT set to Running Windows NT Not Plug and Play OS or Other Set 82350 Read Write Performance Mode The 82350 card read and write calls use one of two modes Polling Bytes are transferred to from the card one at a time Polling mode is advantageous for transferring a small number of bytes because the setup overhead is very low but it does require CPU involvement for each byte transferred Interrupt An entire buffer is transferred to from the card without CPU involvement Interrupt mode is advantageous for transferring large buffers because the higher per byte transfer rate more than compensates for the relatively long interrupt setup overhead 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 The default behavior of the 82350 driver is to use Polling mode for transfers of 256 bytes or less and to use Interrupt mode for larger transfers You can modify this default behavior by doing the following SICL The SICL ihint Gid hint function can be called to modify the read write behavior for on a SICL session The hint values allowed are 1 ILHINT_DONTCARE default value Use Interrupt mode for transfer requests larger than 256 bytes otherwise use Polling mode 2 ILHINT_USEPOLL Use the Polling mode 3 ILHINT_IO Use the Interrupt mode VISA The VISA viSetAttribute vi VI_LATTR_ DMA_ALLOW_EN attrValue function can be called to modify th
16. andards EMC Standard Limit IEC 61326 1 1997 A1 1998 EN 61326 1 1997 A1 1998 CISPR 11 1990 EN 55011 1991 Group 1 Class A IEC 61000 4 2 1995 A1 1998 EN 61000 4 2 1995 4 KV CD 8 kV AD IEC 61000 4 3 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1995 3 Vim 80 1000 MHz IEC 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 4 4 1995 0 5 kV signal lines 1 KV power lines IEC 61000 4 6 1996 EN 61000 4 6 1996 3V 0 15 80 MHz 1 cycle 100 Canada ICES 001 1998 Australia New Zealand AS NZS 2084 1 The product was tested in a typical configuration with Agilent Technologies test systems Safety IEC 61010 1 2001 EN 61010 1 2001 Canada CSA C22 2 No 1010 1 1992 UL 61010B 1 2003 Supplementary Information This DoC applies to above listed products placed on the EU market after 20 April 2004 Date Ray Corson Product Regulations Program Manager For further information please contact your local Agilent Technologies sales office agent or distributor or Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH Herrenberger Stra e 130 D 71034 B blingen Template A5971 5302 2 Rev B 00 82350B DoC B DoC Revision B Contents 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Getting Started 2 Step 1 Before you install the 82350 3 Check your shipment 3 System requirements 4 Create an emergency repair disk 6 Step 2 Installing the Agilent I0 Libraries Suite 7 Checking for installed Agilent 10 Libraries 7 Installing Agilent 10 Libraries Suite 9 Step 3 Connecting your instruments 17 Ins
17. ange the abe BP we Serial number My 96200563 HK dete cr adire 2 General Tasks system Yes SICL interface ID gpbo O retesr Logical unt 7 Mi Acd an instrument eae ens Aalent 488 Properties More Information How do reonnecr Aglent VISA is the primary VISA library Figure 1 10 Agilent Connection Experts For a description of Connection Expert and the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite see the Agilent IO Libraries Suite Online Help To access this Help file click the 10 Control and select Documentation gt 10 Libraries Suite Help 24 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 2 Configure GPIB Card Parameters When the Agilent 82350 PCI GPIB Interface dialog box appears set the VISA interface ID SICL interface ID Logical unit and GPIB address values as required Also verify that this is the System controller for the GPIB to which it is attached this is the typical operating mode See the System Controller discussion below Then click the OK button Some guidelines to set these values follow yyy Changes to certain properties of the 82350 including ana gt GPIB address System controller flag SICL interface ID Logical unit will not take effect until you reboot your PC If you choose not to reboot immediately Connection Expert will display a warning icon Al until you reboot Agilent 82350 PCI GPIB Interface GPIBO lodify configurable
18. ater to view the electronic version 1 Access from the IO Control After the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed a blue circled IO icon appears on the right hand side of the Windows toolbar To access an electronic version of this guide click the IO icon click Documentation then Interface Manuals and then click 82350 PCI GPIB Users Guide 2 Access from the Web On your Web browser address line type www agilent com find 82350B and navigate to the 82350 manual The Web version of the manual will always be the latest revision 52 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Contacting Agilent 82350 Specifications and Information 3 You can reach Agilent Technologies at this telephone number in the United States United States Call Center 1 800 829 4444 For other locations contact your country s Agilent support organization A list of contact information for other countries is available on the Agilent Web site at www agilent com find assist A list of other Agilent Web sites follows URL Description www agilent com find assist Agilent Technologies Contact Us page www agilent com find iolib Update the Agilent I0 Libraries Suite software www agilent com find ADN www agilent com find techsupport Connectivity resources all in one place Technical support information including manuals application notes FAQs and software and firmware downloads www agilent com find
19. ck Cables Connections Power Check for GPIB Driver Files Check IO Libraries Suite Installation Check Device Manager Disable Connection Expert Auto Discovery Check IO Control Operation Other Hardware Checks Check BlOS Interrupts Settings Install Libraries if GPIB Already Installed After Doing These Checks If the cause is not identified see GPIB Software Checks If the cause is identified as an 82350 hardware problem contact Agilent to return the 82350 Figure 2 1 Troubleshooting overview 34 Set 82350 Read Write Performance Mode After Doing These Checks If the cause is not identified see Agilent IO Libraries Checks If the cause is identified but the problem cannot be fixed contact Agilent for support After Doing These Checks If the cause is not identified or the problem cannot be fixed contact Agilent for support 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 82350 Hardware Checks This section gives guidelines to make hardware troubleshooting checks for the 82350 including Check Cables Connections Power Check Device Manager Sound Card Does Not Work Data Transfers to Devices Fail Connection Expert Finds 82350 Card with Serial Number Check cables connections power We suggest you start your troubleshooting sequence by performing the followin
20. d then reconfigure the card 1 Check BIOS Setting For Windows NT make sure the BIOS Operating System setting is set to Not PnP OS or to Running Windows NT or to Other 2 Upgrade your system BIOS to the latest version New computers oftentimes have newer BIOSs available 3 If your computer locks up or freezes after installing This is typically caused by interrupt 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 conflicts with other drivers in the system PCI allows sharing of IRQs but this also means the drivers for cards which share an IRQ must handle interrupt chaining properly Both Windows NT and Windows 98 allow multiple drivers to install interrupt service routines CSRs for a single IRQ The operating system OS keeps a list of all the ISRs installed for each IRQ When the IRQ is asserted the OS calls each ISR in turn until one of them returns TRUE meaning that it handled the interrupt The ISR s responsibility is to correctly return TRUE if its device was interrupting or FALSE if not Drivers that return TRUE even though they did not service the interrupt will cause problems Try the following steps to perform driver workarounds Upgrade the drivers for devices sharing an IRQ with Agilent including but not limited to your video drivers your LAN drivers Agilent IDE and or SCSI drivers and your sound drivers For Windows 98SE change your BIOS Installed OS setting Try all
21. d to your video drivers your LAN drivers Agilent IDE and or SCSI drivers and your sound drivers b Try to force the Agilent driver to be installed earlier in the ISR chain c For Windows 98 SE change your BIOS Installed OS setting Try all the different values and use the one that works d For Windows 98 SE make sure all devices sharing an IRQ with our card have drivers installed Right click My Computer and select Properties then Device Manager Highlight Computer and click Properties Find the 82350 card and check that all other cards on the same IRQ have a valid driver not the big yellow question mark 5 Reconfigure Your PC Configure your PC so as to not share IRQ lines Many PCI cards have bugs when sharing IRQ lines You may or may not be able to do this on your PC many PCs can be configured using the setup option when the PC is first booting 38 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 6 Upgrade your system BIOS Note that even new computers may have a newer BIOS available a Make sure the BIOS Installed O S setting is set correctly This determines what software will configure all the Plug and Play cards in your system Either the BIOS or the operating system can perform the task of querying all the cards to determine their resource needs picking a valid configuration for all these cards and telling the cards what their actual resource settings are b If the Installed O S
22. dy running click the Refresh All button to identify any hardware you have just installed or re connected 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 15 1 16 Installing and Configuring the 82350 If Connection Expert is not already running run it now to verify your I O configuration In the Windows Notification area click the IO icon 0 then click Agilent Connection Expert Locate your interfaces and instruments in the Explorer Pane Click on them to see their properties displayed in the right hand pane Observe their state also displayed in the right hand pane if communication to the interface or instrument has been successfully established it will be in the Verified state denoted by a green check mark Change the default I O configuration if neces sary by clicking Change Properties in the property pane of the interface or instrument you wish to configure If you plan to program your GPIB instruments using the Agilent 488 API or to run NI 488 2 compatible programs with Agilent interface hardware such as GPIB cards you may need to enable the Agilent 488 library To do this click Tools gt Agilent 488 then select the check box labeled Enable Agilent GPIB cards for 488 programs c If you would like to test your connections manually select your instrument right click and choose Send Commands To This Instru ment 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring
23. e active even though the blue IO icon is not displayed There are two ways that the blue IO icon can be hidden Hiding Agilent IO Control Clicking the blue IO icon and then clicking Hide Agilent IO Control or unchecking View Agilent IO Control in Connection Expert hides the IO icon but does not deactivate the IO Control 46 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 Clicking Exit Clicking the blue IO icon and then clicking Exit causes a dialog box to appear that asks you if you want to terminate the Agilent IO Control Clicking Yes hides the blue IO icon and deactivates the IO Control If the blue IO icon is not displayed either the blue IO icon display has been turned off and or the IO Control and associated iprocsvr exe is not active In this case click Start Programs Agilent IO Libraries Suite Utilities IO Control to re start the IO Control and to display the blue circled IO icon Install 10 Libraries Suite if 82350 was installed first If you installed the 82350 before installing the Agilent IO Libraries Suite software follow these steps to install and configure the IO Libraries Suite and the necessary drivers for your card 1 Install the Agilent IO Libraries Suite as described in Step 2 Installing the Agilent IO Libraries Suite on page 7 of this manual 2 If the Connection Expert utility does not recognize your 82350 and display it as a PCI GPIB Interface you may n
24. e read write behavior for a VISA session The VI_LATTR_DMA_ALLOW_EN values allowed are VI_TRUE default value Use Interrupt mode for transfer requests larger than 256 bytes otherwise use Polling mode VI_FALSE Use the Polling mode Some additional factors to consider are The settings discussed above are per session This means you can open multiple sessions to a device and set different transfer modes for different sessions The actual mode used will then depend on which session you are using for the read write calls In both SICL with hint I_LHINT_DONTCARE and VISA with VI_ATTR_DMA_ALLOW_EN VI_TRUE the size of the read request as specified by bufsize in a SICL ireadQ or count in a VISA viReadQ function call will determine the mode used even if the number of bytes actually read is less 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 43 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines The default formatted IO read buffer size is 4096 so when using this default size formatted reads in SICL with hint IHINT_DONTCARE and VISA with VI_LATTR_DMA_ALLOW_EN VI_TRUE will use Interrupt mode even when a small number of bytes are expected The default formatted IO write buffer size is 128 so when using this default size formatted writes in SICL with hint IHINT_DONTCARE and VISA with VI_LATTR_DMA_ALLOW_EN VI_TRUE will use Polling mode even sending a large number of bytes In SICL Polling mode will always be used for the
25. eed to use Windows Device Manager to associate the correct drivers with your card Follow the steps for your operating system 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 47 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines 48 Windows XP Vista 7 Start the Windows Device Manager as follows Right click on My Computer select Properties then the Hardware tab then Device Manager Find the PCI Simple Communications Controller in the Device Manager and select Update Driver Allow Windows to find and install the driver automatically You should not need to insert a CD On older operating systems you may be asked to insert the HP 1 0 Libraries CD Depending on the file you are prompted for and on the operating system you should be able to find the needed file in one of the following directories C windows inf C windows system C windows system32 C windows system32 drivers The card may be identified as a Hewlett Packard card This is necessary for backward compatibility 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface 82350B PCI A GPIB Interface e e a e Installation and Configuration Guide eve 0 ce 3 200 e J z e 82350 Specifications and Information This chapter provides general information for the 82350B PCI GPIB Interface Agilent Technologies 49 3 82350 Specifications and Information General Requirements Before installing your Agilent 82350 make certain your
26. em Controller as long as it is not chained together with other GPIB interfaces However two or more System Controllers on the same bus will cause the bus to be inoperative SICL Interface ID Symbolic name that SICL uses to uniquely identify this GPIB interface The default Interface ID is gpib0 The SICL interface ID must be a unique string of alphanumeric characters starting with a letter Remember this value and the logical unit number to properly address GPIB devices in your SICL applications Logical Unit Number that SICL uses to uniquely identify this 82350 interface The logical unit number is an integer in the range of 0 10000 Remember this value and the SICL interface ID to properly address the GPIB interface in your SICL applications 26 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 3 Repeat Steps for Other Cards If you have installed more than one 82350 in your PC repeat these steps for the remaining cards Then go to Step 5 Communicating with Instruments 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 27 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Step 5 Communicating with your instruments 28 After the 82350 has been configured and you have connected your GPIB instruments to the 82350 the next step is to verify communication between your PC and the instruments using the Interactive IO utility After communication has been established you can begin programm
27. ers For operation with data transfer rates gt 500 Kbytes sec the total length of all GPIB cables is gt 1 meter times the number of devices connected together up to a maximum of 15 meters The length between adjacent devices is not critical as long as the overall restriction is met GPIB bus extenders are available that allow operation over much greater distances 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide CAUTION Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 2 Connect GPIB Cables to the 82350 Connect a separate GPIB cable to each installed 82350 Tighten the GPIB connector screws finger tight only The screwdriver slots are for removal purposes only Two examples follow showing how to connect a single GPIB instrument or how to connect multiple GPIB instruments For information or to purchase Agilent GPIB cables see www agilent com find io Example Connecting a single GPIB instrument Figure 1 8 shows connections from a single GPIB instrument to the GPIB connector of an 82350 installed in your PC You may want to record the primary GPIB address of the attached instrument for future programming use After making the connections reconnect the PC power cord and apply power to the PC and to attached peripherals instruments To avoid damage to the connectors only finger tighten the connectors a f GPIB Cable E a PC t t Instrument GPIB Connector Connect to
28. follows 1 Verify that your PC meets the minimum system requirements See System Requirements for Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15 5 in the JO Librar tes Suite 15 5 Connectivity Guide 2 If you are upgrading to IO Libraries Suite from a previous version of IO Libraries you must remove the instruments and interfaces listed below before you upgrade your software This step is necessary in order for these devices to obtain the correct drivers to work with Agilent IO Libraries Suite a Disconnect any USB instruments from your PC b Disconnect any Agilent 82357 USB GPIB inter face converters from your PC c Disconnect any Agilent E8491 IEEE 1394 PC Link to VXI interfaces from your PC 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 9 1 10 Installing and Configuring the 82350 3 Close all other applications on your PC If you install a PCI card in your computer at the same time you install Agilent 10 Libraries Suite 15 a possible conflict can occur The New Hardware Found dialog for the PCI card must be closed before installing I0 Libraries Otherwise the 10 Libraries installation will stop until PCI card installation is com plete If you have NI software installed such as NI MAX etc then all NI services must be stopped prior to installing 10 Libraries e e Insert the Automation Ready CD with Agilent IO Libraries Suite into the CD ROM drive of your PC Wait a few seconds for the auto run window t
29. g hardware checks If the hardware checks do not solve the problem see 82350 Software Checks There are no user serviceable parts for the 82350 If you suspect a hardware failure for the 82350 contact Agilent for instructions to return the unit 1 Check GPIB Cable Connections Check all GPIB cables for good connection to the GPIB connector on the 82350 installed in your PC and the GPIB cable connections between all connected GPIB instruments An improperly attached GPIB connector can cause the bus to malfunction 2 Check GPIB Cables for Damage Check all GPIB cables for cuts damage and check for bent misaligned crushed connector pins Replace cables as required 3 Disconnect Reconnect GPIB Cables If Steps 1 and 2 do not solve the problem try disconnecting and reconnecting or replacing GPIB cables 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 35 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines 4 Check PC Instrument Power on Verify that the PC and all connected GPIB instruments are functional and are powered ON Verify that host computer is not in a Suspended power management state 5 Reboot Your PC If doing Steps 1 2 3 or 4 does not solve the problem reboot the PC If this does not solve the problem go to Check Device Manager Check Device Manager You can use the Windows Device Manager to reinstall the 82350 or equivalent as required From Device Manager select 82350 and then Properties Tab to Driver and click Reinstall Dr
30. gure 1 13 consists of a Windows PC with two 82350 GPIB cards connected to three GPIB instruments via GPIB cables For this system the Connection Expert utility has been used to assign GPIB card 1 a VISA interface ID of GPIBO and a SICL interface ID of gpibO Connection Expert has also been used to assign GPIB card 2 a VISA interface ID of GPIB1 and a SICL interface ID of gpib1 With these names assigned to the interfaces the VISA SICL addressing is as shown in the figure Since unique names have been assigned by Connection Expert you can use the VISA viOpen command to open the I O paths to the GPIB instruments Or you can use the SICL iopen command to open the I O paths shown 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 31 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 GPIB Interface 82350 PCI GPIB Cards Interface VISA SICL IDs Windows PC GPIB Cable GPIB Instruments VISA Interface ID SICL Interface ID GPIBO gpibo 82350 GPIB Card 1 3 GPIB1 gpib1 50 GPIB Card 2 E E a 3 VISAISICL Addressing VISA viOpen GPIB0 5 INSTR viOpen GPIB0 3 INSTR Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 5 using 82350 Card 1 Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82350 Card 1 viOpen GPIB1 3 INSTR Open IO path to GPIB instrument at address 3 using 82350 Card 2 SICL iopen gpib0 5 Open I
31. he IO icon is not displayed a version might also be installed To check this click Start Programs and look for the Agilent IO Libraries or Agilent IO Libraries Suite program group 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 45 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines If this group is displayed click Agilent IO Libraries Suite Utilities IO Control to display the IO icon Then click the icon and click About Agilent IO Control to display the installed version must be version 15 or greater If neither the IO icon nor the Agilent IO Libraries program group is displayed no Agilent IO Libraries are installed In this case or if the installed version is not 15 0 or greater you must install the latest version see Step 2 following 2 Install Agilent IO Libraries Suite as Required If Version 15 0 or greater of the Agilent IO Libraries is not installed on your PC install the IO Libraries Suite Otherwise go to Check IO Control Operation Check 10 Control operation When the Agilent IO Libraries Suite was installed an IO Control was created When the IO Control is active it is displayed as a blue circled IO icon on the Windows Notification Area If the IO Control is deactivated SICL VISA applications that are running with the 82350 will be unable to open sessions By default the IO Control is always active after the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed and the blue IO icon is displayed However the IO Control may b
32. ing the instruments using VISA VISA COM SICL or SCPI commands This section includes Verifying Instruments Programming Your Instruments Optional Verifying instrument communication When the Agilent IO Libraries Suite was installed on your PC an I O utility called Interactive IO was also installed You can use Interactive IO to verify communication between your PC and connected GPIB instruments This section shows one way to use Interactive IO to verify instrument communication Once your GPIB interface has been configured in Connection Expert if you can see the attached GPIB instrument s in the Connection Expert explorer and see their IDN string information in the detail pane then communication has been verified Interactive 10 allows you to manually verify communication and send specific commands to your instruments To use Interactive IO to send a IDN identification query to an instrument 1 Select the instrument by clicking its icon in the Connection Expert explorer view 2 Right click the instrument and click Send Commands To This Instrument to display the Interactive IO window For information on 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Interactive IO including a list of common commands and their meanings click Help Help Topics 3 IDN is the default command Click Send amp Read to send the identification query to the instrument and display its reply in the
33. irectory C Program Files IVI Foundation IVI VISA Directory C Program Files IVI Foundation VISA_ Selected Features Agilent VISA as primary lt Back Install Cancel 14 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 14 After the files have been copied you may see a dialog asking you to restart your PC This occurs only if you have certain I O hardware configura tions If you choose not to reboot at this time you should reboot before running Connection Expert 15 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog appears indicating that Agilent IO Libraries was successfully installed a Click Finish to close the window b Or click on one of the product solution links for information on other Agilent solutions 16 Click the IO control icon 0 in lower right Windows Notification area to run Agilent IO Libraries 17If you are installing Agilent IO Libraries Suite along with another instrument interface or soft ware package such as Agilent VEE there may be another CD with additional software drivers sample programs etc If you want to install this additional software Insert the CD into the CD drive on your PC Follow the instructions that came with the CD or the hardware or software product 18 Re connect any USB instruments or E8491 IEEE 1394 FireWire to VXI interfaces that you may have disconnected in Step 2 Install any new hardware 19If Connection Expert is alrea
34. iver This will allow the Windows Plug and Play Manager to begin searching for a driver for the 82350 Since Device Manager may have disabled the 82350 device click Enable to restart the 82350 If this does not resolve the problem go to 82350 Software Checks If Sound Card Does Not Work If sound card does not work after configuring interfaces disable the auto discovery process in Connection Expert The auto discovery process can cause sound and other cards to stop responding To disable the auto discovery process run Connection Expert select Tools Options and clear the check boxes labeled Automatic discovery or refresh of I O resources and Automatic configuration of unconfigured interfaces Close Connection Expert and restart your PC 36 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Troubleshooting Guidelines 2 If Data Transfers to Devices Fail If devices attached to your ISA 82341 GPIB card are detected but data transfers to those devices fail this is usually caused either by an IRQ conflict with another card or by your system having no IRQs available for this card If no IRQs are available the IRQ value shown in Connection Expert will be 1 For Windows XP Vista 7 Try changing the IRQ setting to other values You must reboot after changing the value to test it If none work you will have to free up other IRQs by disabling devices such as serial ports or sound cards If Connection Expert Finds 82350 Card
35. lent IO Libraries Suite Connectivity Guide to install the libraries If the version of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is less than 15 0 you must install the latest version included on your Automation Ready CD to support the 82350B If possible you should always use the current version of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite This version supports the latest interfaces and operating systems and has the most advanced features 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Installing Agilent 10 Libraries Suite You must have Administrator privileges to install Agilent 10 Libraries Suite Connection Expert Every 10 Libraries Suite installation is a Full installation In past versions of IO Libraries there was an option to install 10 Libraries as either a Full version or a Runtime version Beginning with IO Libraries Suite 14 0 the installation process provides a Full installation for all users i e there is no longer a Runtime installation option This means that every installa tion now includes the development components of the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite software which allow you to develop your own I O programs If you wish to minimize the size of the installed software select a Custom installation when you get to the Select Features dialog do not select the manuals and the sample programs This section describes how to install Agilent IO Libraries Suite on your PC The process is as
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37. ments for the selected set of features It is recom mended that you install the manuals and sam ple programs if you plan to program with the Agilent IO Libraries however you may omit them to save space Select the check box for each feature to be installed Clear the check box for each feature to omit When you are done selecting features click Next gt 13The Start Copying Files dialog appears click Install to begin copying files e If the Microsoft NET Framework version 2 0 has not previously been installed on your PC IO Libraries will install them this may take up to ten minutes The Microsoft NET Framework pro vides necessary infrastructure for Agilent IO Libraries Suite utilities as well as for NET pro gramming tools and many other applications You will only need to install the NET Framework once even if you remove and reinstall or upgrade your IO Libraries Suite Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15 5 InstallShield Wizard Start Copying Files Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files If you want to review or change any settings click Back If you are satisfied with the settings click Next to begin copying files Current Settings Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable X86 IVI Shared Components IVI VISA Shared Components 10 Libraries Suite Directories Core Product Directory C Program Files Agilent I0 Libraries Suite IVI Components D
38. n click OK The Typical setup installs the recommended features for your configuration in standard locations on your PC In a Typical setup if another vendor s VISA software is already installed on this PC Agilent VISA is installed as secondary If no other vendor s VISA software is found on this PC Agilent VISA is installed as primary See Using Agilent VISA in Side by Side Mode in the JO Libraries Suite 15 5 Connectivity Guide 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 11 1 12 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15 5 InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type Typical i Recommended features for your configuration will be installed Custom Choose the program features you want to install Recommended for advanced users lt Back Next gt Cancel J Ifyou accept the Typical Installation click Next and pro ceed to Step 13 Start Copying Files on page 14 Ifyou chose the Custom Installation radio button click Next and proceed with Step 10 below 10If you chose the Custom setup and you do not have another vendor s VISA implementation installed on your PC then you will see the dia log box below which asks whether you want to install Agilent VISA as the primary VISA 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Agilent 10
39. not correctly performed or adhered to could result in personal injury or death Do not proceed beyond a WARNING notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met Safety Symbols The following symbol on the instrument and in the documenta tion indicates precautions that must be taken to maintain safe operation of the instrument d BN gt BG ab ut Direct current Alternating current Both direct and alternating current Three phase alternating current Earth ground terminal Protective conductor terminal Frame or chassis terminal Equipotentiality Equipment protected throughout by double insulation or reinforced insulation Caution risk of electric shock Caution hot surface Caution risk of danger refer to this manual for specific Warning or Caustion information General Safety Information CAUTION Use the device with the cables provided Repair or service that is not covered in this manual should only be performed by qualified personnels Do not use the device if it appears damaged or defective Observe all markings on the device before connecting any wiring to the device Do no operate the device in the presence of flammable gases or fumes Do no install substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modification to the device vi Environment Conditions This instrument is designed for indoor use in areas with low condensation Table 1 sh
40. o appear If the auto run window does not appear auto matically Click Start gt Run Type lt drive gt autorun auto exe where lt drive gt is your CD drive letter When the installation start up window appears click the Click here to install now button once and wait for the InstallShield Wizard to appear Note you also have the opportunity to watch a two minute video how easy it is to install set up and configure your interfaces and instru ments using Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15 If the IVI Shared Components and IVI VISA COM Standard Components are not already installed on your PC Agilent IO Libraries Suite installs them in the standard default locations 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 The IVI Shared Components and IVI VISA COM Standard Com ponents are installed in default folders However if you need to install the IVI Components in a unique location refer to Cus tom Installation of IVI Shared Components in the 0 Libraries Suite 15 5 Connectivity Guide 7 When the InstallShield Wizard appears click Next gt to begin the IO Libraries Suite software installation 8 Read the License Agreement s If you accept the terms click the radio button labeled I accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Next gt to continue 9 When the InstallShield Wizard Setup Type dialog box appears as shown select Typical or Cus tom the
41. on files 1 Apply Power Apply power to the PC and to the installed GPIB instruments As Windows starts again a Found New Hardware Wizard may start 2 Install Configuration Files Click Next gt to accept the defaults Make sure that you have installed Agilent IO Libraries Suite first You will not need a CD Click Finish to complete the installation 3 Open Connection Expert Click the Agilent IO Control icon in the Windows Notification area and then click Agilent Connection Expert When the main screen appears you will see a map of the system connections in the Instrument I O on this PC pane also called Explorer Pane If you see your interface and instruments in the Explorer Pane you are ready to go For help with Connection Expert refer to the Agilent 10 Librar ies Suite help file This help file is available from the 10 Control gt Documentation menu 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 23 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Configuring the 82350 interface 1 Open Connection Expert Click the Agilent IO Control icon IO icon on the Windows Notification Area and then click Agilent Connection Expert When the Connection Expert window appears highlight the GPIB interface in the explorer view tree view at the center of the window and then click Change Properties to display the Agilent 82350 PCI GPIB Interface dialog box Tasks for This Interface Q Refresh is cr irterface BP ch
42. ows the general environment requirements Table 1 Environment requirements Environment Conditions Requirements Operating environment 0 C to 55 C Operating himidity Up to 90 at 40 C non condensing Storage environment 40 C to 70 C Storage humidity Up to 90 at 65 C non condensing The Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface complies with the following safety and EMC requirements IEC 61326 1 Group 1 Class A IEC 61010 1 vii Regulatory Markings CE ISM 1 A ICES NMB 001 Ge N10149 The CE mark is a registered trademark of the Euro pean Community The CE mark shows that the prod uct complies with all the relevant European Legal Directives ICES NMB 001 indicates that this ISM device complies with Canadian ICES 001 The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the Canadian Standards Association A CSA mark with the indicators C and US means that the product is certified for both the U S and Canadian markets to the applicable American and Canadian standards The C tick mark is a registered trademark of the Spectrum Management Agency of Australia This signifies compliance with the Australia EMC Frame work regulations under the terms of the Radio Com munication Act of 1992 This product complies with the WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC marking requirement The affixed product label indicates that you must not discard this electrical electronic product in domestic household waste
43. pment should include the items in Figure 1 2 If any items are missing or damaged keep the shipping materials and contact Agilent Technologies See Chapter 3 82350 Guide Information for addresses telephone numbers To reduce the risk of damaging the 82350B card protect the card from static electricity Leave the card in its anti static bag until you are ready to install the card Handle the card only by the sheet metal frame or by the card edges Never touch any other part of the card Agilent Technologies 82350B PCI GPIB Interface Card Agilent IO Libraries for Instrument Control CD 82350B Getting Started Poster 82350B PCI GPIB Installation and Configuration Guide 82350B Warranty Statement 82350B Poster Software License Agreement 82350B Guide Warranty Statement 82350B PCI GPIB Interface Card Agilent Automation Software License Ready CD Figure 1 2 82350B shipment contents 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 3 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 System requirements The following is a list of the system configurations that we tested IO Libraries 15 5 on and are there fore guaranteed to work In general any x86 or x64 except Itanium should work but there may be a decrease in performance Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later Processor Speed 600 MHz or higher required 800 MHz recommended Available memory 256 MB minimum 1 GB or g
44. reater recommended Available hard disk space 1 5 GB available hard disk space includes e IGB available for Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 e 65MB for Agilent IO Libraries Suite Video Super VGA 800x600 256 colors or more Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 01 or greater 1 Because of the installation procedure less memory may be required for operation than is required for installation 4 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Windows VISTA SP1 and SP2 32 bit and 64 bit Business Ultimate Enterprise Home Basic and Home Premium Processor Speed 1Ghz 32 bit x86 1GHz 64 bit x64 no support for Itanium64 Available memory 1 GB minimum Available hard disk space 1 5 GB available hard disk space includes e IGB available for Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 e 65MB for Agilent IO Libraries Suite Video Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB graphics memory recommended Super VGA graphics is supported Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or greater Windows 7 32 and 64 bit Home Basic Home Premium Professional Ultimate Enterprise Processor Speed 1Ghz 32 bit x86 1GHz 64 bit x64 no support for Itanium64 Available memory 1 GB minimum Available hard disk space 1 5 GB available hard disk space includes e IGB available for Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 e 65MB for Agilent IO Libraries Suite 82350B Installation and Configuration
45. se if the 82350 is later removed Replace the PC cover s as described in your PC documentation Figure 1 7 Replace the cover plate screw Connecting instruments to the 82350 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 19 1 20 Installing and Configuring the 82350 After the 82350 is installed in your PC the next step is to connect your GPIB instruments to the installed 82350 Suggested steps follow When you have made the connections go to Step 4 Configuring the 82350 1 Review Connection Guidelines The recommended method for connecting a GPIB system is a linear arrangement with the system controller PC at one end of the system However a GPIB system can also be connected together in a star linear or a combination configuration as long as the total number of devices on the system is amp 14 and these guidelines are followed To minimize stress on connector mountings no more than three cable connectors blocks should be stacked on top of one another The GPIB connector screws should be finger tightened only Minimize cable length as much as possible All system devices must have tri state drivers and must be powered on Systems with devices not using tri state drivers are limited to transfer rates lt 250 Kbytes sec For operation with data transfer rates lt 500 Kbytes sec the total length of all GPIB cables is lt 2 meters times the number of devices connected together up to a maximum of 20 met
46. t VISA see the Agilent VISA User s Guide For information on VISA COM and for function references for VISA VISA COM and SICL see the IO Libraries Suite Online Help Accessing Programming Manuals and Help You can access pdf copies of the Agilent VISA User s Guide and the Agilent SICL User s Guide for Windows from the blue circled IO icon on the Windows Notification Area Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these manuals To access the Agilent VISA User s Guide click the IO icon and then click Documentation VISA Users Guide To access the Agilent SICL User s Guide for Windows click the IO icon and then click Documentation SICL Users Guide To access VISA COM information and function references for VISA VISA COM and SICL click the IO icon and then click Documentation Help Topics gt VISA COM Help 30 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Example GPIB Interface Configuration An I O interface consists of a hardware interface and a software interface One purpose of the Connection Expert utility is to associate a unique software interface ID with a hardware interface The Agilent IO Libraries Suite uses an Interface ID or Logical Unit Number to identify an interface This information is passed in the parameter string of the viOpen function call in a VISA program or in the iopen function call in a SICL program For example the GPIB interface system in Fi
47. talling the 82350 in yourPC 17 Connecting instruments to the 82350 19 Step 4 Configuring the 82350 23 Installing configuration files 23 Configuring the 82350 interface 24 Step 5 Communicating with your instruments 28 Verifying instrument communication 28 Programming your instruments 29 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines Troubleshooting Overview 34 82350 Hardware Checks 35 Check cables connections power 35 82350 Software Checks 40 Agilent 10 Libraries Suite Checks 45 Check IO Libraries Suite installation 45 Check 10 Control operation 46 Install 10 Libraries Suite if 82350 was installed first 47 xi xii 82350 Specifications and Information General Requirements 50 General Characteristics 51 Accessing an Electronic Copy of this Guide 52 Contacting Agilent 53 Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface 82350B PCI e A GPIB Interface o a e Installation and Configuration Guide eve re 2 Installing and Configuring the82350 This Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface Installation and Configuration Guide shows you how to install and configure the Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB Interface called the 82350 in this guide and shows how to use the Agilent 10 Libraries Suite to configure the card in PCs with Windows XP or Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems J The 82350 interface is supported on PCs with Windows NT 4 0 but the latest version of Agilent 10 Libraries Suite is not supported on NT To use Windows NT go to h
48. the different values and use the one that works Make sure all devices sharing an IRQ with your card have drivers installed Right click My Computer and select Properties then Device Manager Highlight Computer and click Properties Find the 82350 card and check that all other cards on the same IRQ have a valid driver not the big yellow question mark 4 Reconfigure Your PC Configure your PC so as to not share IRQ lines Many PCI cards have bugs when sharing IRQ lines You may or may not be able to do this on all PCs Many PCs can 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 41 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines 42 be configured using the setup option when the PC is booting 5 Upgrade your system BIOS New computers may have a newer BIOS available When installing a new system BIOS Make sure the BIOS Installed O S setting is set correctly This determines what software will configure all the Plug and Play cards in your system Either the BIOS or the operating system OS can perform the task of querying all the cards to determine their resource needs picking a valid configuration for all these cards and telling the cards what their actual resource settings are If the Installed O S is set to Windows NT NOT PnP O S or Other the BIOS will per form this task and the system may not work properly For NT 4 0 the BIOS must perform this task as the OS does not know how to do this For Windows 98 either the BIOS or the O S c
49. tomation Ready CD for a full description of installation options and installation troubleshooting information You must have Administrator privileges to install the 10 Libraries Suite and to run the Connection Expert utility Checking for installed Agilent 10 Libraries Before you begin installation check for previously installed Agilent IO Libraries software If a version of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite is installed on your PC a blue IO icon may be displayed on the Windows Notification Area on the lower right hand side of the screen 10 Libraries Suite icon Figure 1 3 10 Libraries Suite icon e If the IO icon is displayed click the icon and click About Agilent IO Control to display the version The version must be 15 0 and above If the IO icon is not displayed a version may still be installed To check this click Start Programs and look for the Agilent IO Libraries or Agilent IO Libraries Suite program group 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 7 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 e e e If this group is displayed click Agilent IO Libraries gt Utilities gt IO Control to display the IO icon Then click the icon and click About Agilent IO Libraries Control to display the installed version must be 15 0 or greater If neither the IO icon nor the Agilent IO Libraries program group is displayed no Agilent IO Libraries are installed and you can use the steps in this chapter and in the Agi
50. ttp www agilent com find iolib and download Agilent 10 Libraries M 01 01 Refer to the 10 Libraries M 01 01 documentation for installation and configuration instructions In case of difficulty in installing the 82350 see Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Information Agilent Technologies 1 1 Installing and Configuring the 82350 Getting Started In this guide an 82350 GPIB Interface System is defined as a system in which GPIB instruments are connected via GPIB cables to an 82350 PCI GPIB Interface Card called the 82350 in this guide that is installed in a Windows PC Figure 1 1 shows a typical system GPIB Cable i mes ii T MoT m m iv Instrument Instrument Connect to 82350 GPIB Connect to GPIB Interface Card installed in PC port on instrument Figure 1 1 82350B system overview Use the following sequence of steps as a guide as you set up your GPIB system See the associated steps if you need more details See Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines if you need additional information on setting up the 82350 or GPIB instruments 2 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide Installing and Configuring the 82350 1 Step 1 Before you install the 82350 Before you install the 82350 you should e Check Your Shipment e Check System Requirements e Create an Emergency Repair Disk Check your shipment Your 82350 Interface shi
51. unit number 26 M Modes of Operation changing 35 P PCI Bus Slot 7 S setting configuration parameters 34 setting default configuration 17 setting timeout floor values 37 system requirements checking 6 T troubleshooting check GPIB driver files 34 GPIB crossover point 39 GPIB interrupt mode 38 GPIB polling mode 38 V viOpen 26 viSetAttribute 38 WwW Web sites Agilent 51 56 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide www agilent com Contact us To obtain service warranty or technical assis tance contact us at the following phone or fax numbers United States tel 800 829 4444 fax 800 829 4433 Canada tel 877 894 4414 fax 800 746 4866 China tel 800 810 0189 fax 800 820 2816 Europe tel 31 20 547 2111 Japan tel 81 426 56 7832 fax 81 426 56 7840 Korea tel 080 769 0800 fax 080 769 0900 Latin America tel 305 269 7500 Taiwan tel 0800 047 866 fax 0800 286 331 Other Asia Pacific Countries tel 65 6375 8100 fax 65 6755 0042 Or visit Agilent World Wide Web at www agilent com find assist Product specifications and descriptions in this document are subject to change without notice Always refer to Agilent web site for the latest revision Agilent Technologies Inc 2002 2009 Printed in Malaysia Eighth Edition July 20 2009 82350 90004 Agilent Technologies
52. with Serial Number ffffffff If Connection Expert reports finding an 82350 card with serial number ffffffff it is typically caused by the PCIe card are not properly configured Try the following 1 Check BIOS Setting For Windows NT make sure the BIOS Operating System setting is set to Not PnP OS or to Running Windows NT or to Other 2 Upgrade your system BIOS to the latest version Note that even new computers often have newer BIOSs available 3 If your computer locks up or freezes after installing Typically this is caused by interrupt conflicts with other drivers in the system PCI allows sharing of IRQs but this also means that the drivers for cards with which the 82350 shares an IRQ must handle interrupt chaining properly Both NT and Windows 98 allow multiple drivers to install interrupt service routines ISRs for a single IRQ The operating system will keep a list of all the ISRs installed for each IRQ When the IRQ is asserted the operating system will call each ISR in turn until 82350B Installation and Configuration Guide 37 2 Troubleshooting Guidelines one of them returns TRUE meaning that it handled the interrupt The ISR s responsibility is to correctly return TRUE if its device was interrupting or FALSE if not 4 Perform Driver Workarounds Here are some ways to work around drivers that are not behaving properly a Upgrade the drivers for devices sharing an IRQ with the 82350 including but not limite

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