Agilent E5260 Series of Parametric Measurement Solutions

Software CD-ROM A.02.00





This document contains the following:



* Introduction

* System Requirements
*
 Installation Instructions

* Other Documents

* Known Defects

* Revision History





Introduction

============


The E5260 VXIplug&play driver provides various functions to control the Agilent E5260 
and perform measurement. The driver will make programming easier.





System Requirements

===================



The following system environments are required.



- Operating System
  Microsoft Windows 7 (32bit/64bit), Windows Vista (32bit), Windows XP Professional,
 
  Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0.

  It must be supported by the application development environment and Agilent I/O

  library 16.0 or later.



- Application Development Environment
  Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland C++Builder.

  It must be supported by the Agilent I/O library.



- Additional Application Development Environment for VXIplug&play driver
 
  Microsoft Visual Basic, National Instruments LabWindows or LabVIEW, or

  Agilent VEE. It must be supported by the Agilent I/O library.



- GPIB (IEEE 488) Interface and VISA I/O Library
 
 Agilent GPIB Interface with Agilent IO Libraries or equivalent.



- Computer and peripherals

  Required specifications depend on the application development environment.

  See manual of the application development environment. The CD-ROM drive is

  required to install the software.



- Minimum disk space for VXIplug&play driver

  2 MB





Installation Instructions

=========================



To install the Agilent E5260 VXIplug&play driver:


1. Insert the Software CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive connected to your
 
   computer.

2. Execute E5260.exe on the CD-ROM.





Other Documents

===============



The following electronic manuals are available. They are stored in the

Agilent E5260 Manual CD-ROM.



- Agilent E5260 VXIplug&play Driver User's Guide

For the VXIplug&play driver, the help file AgE5260.hlp is also available.
The help file will be stored in the folder <VISA Path>\Winnt\AgE5260 
after installation.



Note:

<VISA Path> indicates the folder specified when you install the VISA I/O 
library. In the default setting, <VISA Path> is \Program Files\Visa.
If you use the Agilent IO Library, you can verify <VISA Path> from the 
Agilent IO Libraries Installation and Path dialog box. To open the dialog
box, click the Agilent IO Libraries Control icon on the Windows task bar,
click View Documentation, and click Installation and Path Information. 





Known Defects

=============


There are no known defects in the Agilent E5260 VXIplug&play driver.





Revision History

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A.01.00  October  2004  Initial release.

A.02.00  November 2011  Windows 7 supported




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Borland and C++Builder are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland

Software Corporation.

LabWindows and LabVIEW are resistered trademarks of National Instruments 
Corporation. 
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.





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