Product category:
Board-Level Instruments
News Release from: Agilent Technologies Europe | Subject: IO Libraries Suite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 November 2007
Software seeks out LXI instruments on
the net
Several new tools are included in Agilent IO Library Suite 15.0 that make test-system configuration easier.
Agilent Technologies has updated its IO Library Suite with an improved LAN-discovery interface that simplifies the finding and configuring of LXI and other LAN-capable instruments LXI is becoming increasingly prevalent in the industry with well over 400 LXI-equipped products available from major test companies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Agilent is the first to deliver tools to better manage and control a wide spectrum of LXI-based instruments, as evidenced by the new IO Library Suite.
The Agilent IO Library Suite 15.0 LAN-discovery interface automatically searches the local subnet for the available LAN instruments and pulls up the product web page.
If the instrument is located on a different subnet, the user can enter the IP address directly or select a range of addresses to search.
"The additional capability provided with LAN discovery in Agilent's IO Library 15.0 release greatly simplifies the connection of test instruments", says Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager, Agilent's Technology and Services Organisation", continuously improving deployment and ease of use in the broad-based, multivendor LXI product offering".
In addition to LAN discovery, several new tools are included in Agilent IO Library Suite 15.0 that make test-system configuration easier.
The Agilent interactive LXI tool allows monitoring and sending of LXI events, while also managing IEEE1588 clocks.
An application programming interface gives integration and control of LXI into the test programs.
* Agilent's IO Monitor allows easy examination of I/O data streams and view parameters of SICL, VISA and VISA COM function calls, saving time by quickly pinpointing bottlenecks and troublesome code.
And Agilent VISA Open Report saves time by identifying conflicts between Agilent VISA and NI-VISA.
Once a conflict is identified, the VISA Open Report will give instructions on how to fix the problem.
Agilent IO Library Suite 15.0 operates on 32bit versions of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
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