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VISA: 53131/32/81 Console Measurement Read Me

53131A, 53132A, 53181A VISA and VC++ 6.0 Console Measurement Example Program

This program shows three different ways to make measurements for the 53131A, 53132A, and
53181A Counters. It uses the 'MEASure?', 'CONFigure and 'READ?', and 'CONFigure', 
INITiate', and 'FETCh' commands. The returned measurements are output on the computer 
console.

To run the program, apply a 1kHz signal to the channels 1 and 2 inputs.

The program requires that VISA is installed in your computer. VISA comes with the 
Agilent I/O Library. Also link visa32.lib file and include the visa.h file in the 
project.

The program was developed in Microsoft® Visual C++ version 6.0


Date: June 9, 2004
Version: 1.0.0.1
Language: Microsoft® Visual C++ version 6.0
Operating System: Windows® 98, 95, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
VISA Version: Use Agilent I/O Library version M.01.01.04 or above


Update Information
Version 1.0.01 made corrections on reading returned data from the counters


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