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28 Interface Installation and Configuration Chapter 2
Editing the HP E8491A
Configuration on
Windows 95 Platforms
After installing the HP I_O Libraries and configuring the HP E8491A on the
Windows 95 platform, an hp icon is placed in the bottom right corner of your
PC monitor (Figure 2-13).
Clicking on the icon using the right mouse button brings up the following
menu items:
I_O Config: starts the HP I_O Libraries’ ‘I_O Config’ utility.
Edit Resource Manager: goes directly to the Resource Manager section
of the ‘I_O Config’ utility (see Figure 2-16). This section allows you
to edit configuration files, run the resource manager on a specific
mainframe, and view the resource manager output. You must re-run
the resource manager each time changes are made.
Refresh Resource Manager: re-runs the resource manager on all VXI
mainframes in your system to implement configuration changes made.
You must “refresh” (re-run) the resource manager each time changes
are made. If changes are made to only a single configuration
(mainframe), see “Edit Resource Manager” above.
Close Application: stops the SICL iproc utility which enables the
resource manager to run. To re-start iproc, select
Start/Programs/StartUp/HP E8491 Resource Manager .
Step 5: Installing
the
HP VXI
plug&play
Instrument Drivers
There are no SCPI instrument drivers installed in, or downloaded to the
HP E8491A. While this does not impact message-based instruments,
register-based instruments in IEEE 1394 based systems are programmed
using their VXIplug&play drivers.
The HP VXIplug&play drivers are located on the HP Universal Instrument
Drivers CD which ships with the E8491A and with each VXI
instrument.The installer program on the driver CD is similar to that on the
I_O libraries CD.
Once the drivers have been installed, reboot the PC.
Figure 2-13. Editing Your Configuration on Windows 95 Platforms.