Agilent 33120A AMmod Programming Sample

Development ADE:  C#, Visual Studio 2003

IO Library: VISA-COM w/o formatted IO

Description

The Agilent 33120A AMmod Programming Sample demonstrates simple remote communication with the Agilent 33120A.

• Using VISA-COM library and formatted IO to communicate with the instrument
• Initializing an IO connection to the 33120A and then closing the connection
•  Reading the Identification string and hardware revision
• This program uses low-level SCPI commands to configure' the function generator to output an AM waveform.
• This program also shows how to use "state storage" to store the instrument configuration in memory

To build and run 33120A AMmod, you must have Visual Studio 2003 and Agilent IO Libraries Suite installed on your PC.

Building the Sample

To build the sample, open the solution file AMmod.sln in Visual Studio 2003.  From the menu, select "Build | Rebuild Solution".

Running the Sample

From the Visual Studio 2003 menu, select "Debug | Start", of press the F5 key.

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Agilent Technologies provides programming examples for illustration only, this sample program assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Agilent Technologies support engineers can help explain the functionality of Agilent Technologies software components and associated commands, but they will not modify these samples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs.  This sample was developed on Windows XP with Agilent IO Libraries M.01.01.04, Agilent VISA-COM 1.2, and Visual Studio 2003, running on a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 GB of memory.