user manual

Getting Started with the Agilent E1438

To use the example programs

Several example programs are included that perform useful tasks and can serve as a basis for your

own programs. When you installed your Agilent E1438 Windows libraries and drivers using the

setup program or utility, you also installed executable and source code files for several useful

example programs. The programs demonstrate programming the module with "C", Microsoft

Visual Basic,

The executables for these examples require an Agilent E1438 and, for Windows, VXIplug&play

support; in other words, they will not run in simulation mode like the Agilent E1438 Soft Front

Panel program.

Shortcuts for the executables appear in the age1438 Windows program group if you added it

during setup.

In Windows environments, executable files and source code for the Microsoft Visual Basic

examples are installed in the drive:\vxipnp\win[95|NT]\age1438\vb directory. The "C" examples

are in the ...\age1438\msc\examples directory.

The group of programs described here may be supplemented with additional programs later,

which will be described in the online help or readme file.

ACVolts_32.exe

This is the simplest practical complete program using the Agilent E1438, and it functions like an

AC voltmeter. It is written in Visual Basic.

acvolts.exe

This is a console version of acvolts_32.exe, written in Microsoft Visual C++.

Benchmark_32.exe

This performance benchmark program is really more of a utility than an example, although source

code is provided. It allows users to measure data transfer rates and command processing times on

their system without having to write new code. The utility is written in Visual Basic.

bench.exe

This is a console version of Benchmark_32.exe, written in Microsoft Visual C++.