Agilent 34970 Instrument Driver Readme

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1. Overview

Instrument Driver Technology: LabVIEW Plug and Play (project-style)
Manufacturer: Agilent Technologies
Supported Language(s): LabVIEW 8.2
Supported Model(s): Agilent 34970, Agilent 34972A
Interface(s): 34970 - GPIB, Serial. 34972 - USB, Ethernet, LXI
Firmware Revision Tested: 1.11-1.10-02-01

Certified: Yes
NI Supported: Yes
Source Code Available: Yes

Driver Revision: 3.1
Original Release Date: February 1998
Current Revision Date: March 11, 2010

2. Required Software

Some software components need to be installed before using this instrument driver. The minimum versions of these components are listed below, and can be downloaded from the Download Site.

VISA 3.0


For more details, refer to the LabVIEW Help under Help » VI, Function, & How-To Help.

3. Known Issues

If you supply an invalid channel for configuring current, the visa session will freeze up.
To report issues or provide feedback about this instrument driver, please send an email to instrument.drivers@ni.com.

4. Revision History

The latest version of this and other LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI instrument drivers can be downloaded at the Instrument Driver Network.

Rev 3.0, 7/2005
Rob Hammond, NI, Austin
Original release for LabVIEW 8.x created from v2.03 of LabVIEW 7.1 hp34970a driver. 

Rev 3.1, 3/11/2010
Modified by: Jeff Meyers, NI, Austin
Updated Driver to include the Agilent 34972A Model.
Modified
In EZ Digital, EZ Freq and Period, EZ Temperature, EZ Totalizer, and EZ Voltage added a VISA timeout property node.
Added a wait function between the open and close VIs in the Switch example.