Programming instructions
The Agilent 816x VXIplug&play Instrument Driver Installing the Agilent 816x Instrument Driver
216 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
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Close these programs and press Next> to continue. Then, you see a 
message informing you if VISA is installed on your PC. 
If you have VISA installed, press 
Next> to continue. You see a window 
that requests you to choose your Setup.
7 You can choose a Typical, Compact, or Custom Setup. Choose a setup 
option and press 
Next> to continue.
Figure 11 Customizing Your Setup
Select the components you want to install.
If you do not have VISA installed, press 
Cancel to temporarily exit this 
installation procedure; install VISA on your PC, then run 
hp816x.exe again.
NOTE
If you choose the Custom Setup, you may choose the options you want to 
install from the screen in Figure 11 . These options are:
• VxiPnP Driver, you may choose to install the Agilent 816x VXIplug&play 
instrument driver.
• Examples, you may choose to install Visual Basic, Visual C, LabView, 
Agilent VEE and VISA programming examples.
• Help Files, you may choose to install the help file.
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