*********************** **** Read Me First **** *********************** Version: 1.4.11.0 Nov 2018 Introducing the AgilentN67xx IVI Driver for the Keysight Modular Power Supply --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This instrument driver provides access to the functionality of the Agilent N67xx through a COM server or ANSI C API which also complies with the IVI specifications. This driver works in any development environment which supports COM or C programming including Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft .NET, Keysight VEE Pro, National Instruments LabView, LabWindows CVI, MATLAB and others. Supported Instruments --------------------- Frame : N6700A N6700B N6700C N6701A N6701C N6702A N6702C N6705A N6705B N6705C Module : N6751A-N6756A N6761A-N6766A N6731A-N6735A N6742A-N6745A N6731B-N6736B N6741B-N6746B N6773A-N6777A N6781A-N6786A Installation ------------- System Requirements: The driver installation will check for the following requirements. If not found, the installer will either abort, warn, or install the required component as appropriate. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 8 32-bit, 64-bit Windows 10 32-bit, 64-bit Shared Components Before this driver can be installed, your computer must already have: IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 or newer installed The IVI Shared Components installers are available from: http://www.ivifoundation.org/shared_components/Default.aspx VISA-COM Any compliant implementation is acceptable. Typically, VISA-COM is installed with VISA and other I/O library modules. The latest version of Keysight's IO Libraries is recommended and includes VISA-COM. You can download the latest version from: http://www.keysight.com/find/iosuite Uninstall --------- This driver can be uninstalled like any other software from the Control Panel using "Add or Remove Programs" or "Programs and Features" dialog. The IVI Shared Components may also be uninstalled like any other software from the Control Panel using the "Add or Remove Programs" or "Program & Features" dialog. Note: All IVI-COM/C drivers require the IVI Shared Components to function. To completely remove IVI components from your computer, uninstall all drivers and then uninstall the IVI Shared Components. Source Code ----------- Driver source code is available by enabling the "Source Code" option in the "Custom Setup" dialog when installing the driver. This code is provided as is for informational purposes only. Modification of this code is not supported. Code is a Visual Studio 2010 C++ project and may be updated to new versions of Visual Studio. Caution: Once you have installed version 2.x of the IVI Shared Components, you will not be able to build IVI drivers and applications developed with earlier versions. You will need to upgrade those drivers/applications to the new IVI Shared Components and to build on Visual Studio 2010 or higher or you will need to build those drivers/applications on a different machine that does not have version 2.x of the IVI Shared Components. Start Menu Help File -------------------- A shortcut to the driver help file is added to the Start Menu, All Programs, Keysight Instrument Drivers, IVI-COM-C Drivers, AgilentN67xx group. It contains "Getting Started" information on using the driver in a variety of programming environments as well as documentation on IVI and instrument specific methods and properties. You will also see shortcuts to the Readme and Introduction files and programming examples for this driver. Additional Setup ---------------- .NET Framework The .NET Framework itself is not required by this driver. If you plan to use the driver with .NET, the minimal .NET framework version is: 2.0 The .NET Framework requires an interop assembly for a COM server. A Primary Interop Assembly, along with an XML file for IntelliSense is installed with the driver. The driver's PIA along with IVI PIAs are installed by default in: drive:\\IVI Foundation\IVI\Bin\Primary Interop Assemblies The PIA is also installed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) if you have the .NET framework installed. Using a New Version of the Driver --------------------------------- New versions of this Keysight IVI-COM/C driver may have a new ProgId. If you use the version dependent ProgId in CoCreateInstance, you will need to modify and recompile your code to use the new ProgID once you upgrade to the next version of the driver. Doing a side-by-side installation of the driver to use multiple versions of the driver is not supported. If you need to go back to an older version of the driver, you need to uninstall the later version and install the older version. If you use the version independent ProgId in CoCreateInstance, you will not need to modify and recompile your code. The new version of the driver has been tested to be backwards compatible with previous versions. To access the new functionality in a new version of the driver you will need to use the latest numbered IAgilentN67xx[n] interface rather than the IAgilentN67xx interface. The IAgilentN67xx[n]. property will return a pointer to the new IAgilentN67xx[n] interface. The IAgilentN67xx[n] interface contains the methods and properties for the new functionality and inherits all prior interface functionality. The new interfaces were introduced rather than modifying the existing interfaces for backwards compatibility. The interfaces that were previously shipped have not been changed. Pre-existing .NET client applications must be re-build before using the new version of the driver. Known Issues ------------ IAgilentN67xxDLogs and IAgilentN67xxFiles interfaces do not appear under "References->Driver Hierarchy" section of the driver help file. These are available under the "Driver Interfaces" section. For models N6781A, N6782A, N6783A and N6784A, there is no function in the driver to program the current level in current priority mode. Workaround is to use SCPI commands by using System->DirectIO property. MATLAB Driver -------------- This driver includes MATLAB wrapper files (both 32-bit and 64-bit MATLAB versions) that are automatically installed by this driver installer. In case if you are using MATLAB 32-bit version, use example(s) which is available at For Windows 32 bit platform: \Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\\Examples\MATLAB For Windows 64 bit platform: \Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\\Examples\MATLAB MATLAB 64-bit supported example(s) is available at \Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\\Examples\MATLAB Revision History ---------------- Version Date Notes ------- -------- ----- 1.4.11.0 Nov 2018 Added MATLAB 64-bit support. 1.4.11.0 May 2017 Fixed N6783A initialization issue with N67xxA/B frames 1.4.9.0 Feb 2017 Added support of N6701C 1.4.7.0 Nov 2016 Added support of N6700C, N6702C and N6705C 1.4.4.0 Feb 2015 Updated help file, added IVI-2014 Compliance, Rebranded Keysight Technologies, Added the support of K6 modules. 1.3.5.0 13 Mar 2013 MATLAb driver wrapper and 64bit support added and defect fixes 1.2.2.0 17 Jun 2010 Release after K2 Module support addition 1.1.9.0 12 Dec 2008 Minor Update 1.1.8.0 16 Jul 2008 Minor Update 1.1.7.0 26 May 2008 Minor Update 1.1.6.0 01 Apr 2008 Minor Update 1.1.5.0 28 Jan 2008 Incorporated the additional functionality supported by N6705A. 1.1.0.19 28 Mar 2007 Removed known defects 1.1.0.15 21 Mar 2007 Removed known defects 1.1.0.14 16 Mar 2007 Removed known defects 1.1.0.13 15 Mar 2007 Removed Known Defects 1.1.0.12 07 Mar 2007 Removed Known Defects 1.1.0.10 07 Feb 2007 Added new Model Number N6705A 1.1.0.7 20 Dec 2005 Added support for frames N6701A, N6702A and modules N6773A-N6776A 1.0.1.6 15 Nov 2004 Updated installer, added VISA-COM 3.0 PIA. 1.0.1.5 10 Aug 2004 Added functionality for the N6700B frame. The tracing capability controlled by the systems interface TraceEnabled property is not supported in this driver. 1.0.1.0 12 Feb 2004 Bug fix for the Statuses Interface preset method. 1.0.0.1 21 Jan 2004 The help file was updated, however, AgilentN67xx.dll remains unchanged and is version 1.0.0.0 1.0.0.0 05 Dec 2003 Initial release IVI Compliance -------------- IVI-COM/IVI-C IviDCPwr Compliant Instrument Specific Driver IVI Generation: IVI-2014 IVI Instrument Class: IviDCPwr IviDCPwr Spec: IVI-4.4 Revision: 3.0 Group Capabilities Supported: IviDCPwrBase Yes IviDCPwrTrigger Yes IviDCPwrSoftwareTrigger Yes IviDCPwrMeasurement Yes Optional Features: Interchangeability Checking No State Caching No Coercion Recording No Driver Identification: Vendor: Keysight Technologies Description: IVI driver for the N67xx Modular Power Supply Revision: 1.4.11.0 Component Identifier: AgilentN67xx.AgilentN67xx Hardware Information: Instrument Manufacturer: Keysight Technologies Supported Instrument Models: N6700A,N6700B,N6701A,N6702A,N6705A,N6705B Supported Bus Interfaces: TCPIP, GPIB, USB 32-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Windows 10 32-bit Unsupported Operating System: Windows 2000 Support Software Required: VISA-COM Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver via custom installation option. 64-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit Support Software Required: VISA-COM Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver via custom installation option. Unit Testing ------------ Test Setup Instrument: Instrument Models (FW Revision): N6705A (D.01.09) Bus Interface: TCPIP Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 10 OS Bitness/Application Bitness: 64-bit/32-bit VISA Vendor and Version: Keysight VISA-COM (IO Libraries 16.3) IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 Test Setup Simulation: Instrument Models: (FW Rev N/A) N6700A,N6700B,N6701A Bus Interface: N/A Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 10 OS Bitness/Application Bitness: 64-bit/32-bit, 64-bit/64-bit VISA Vendor and Version: N/A IVI Shared Components Version: 2.4.2 Driver Installation Testing: Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 10 OS Bitness: 32-bit, 64-bit Driver Buildability: Operating System (Service Pack): Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 10 OS Bitness: 32-bit, 64-bit Visual Studio Version: VS2010 Driver Test Failures - Known Issues: None - This driver does not have any known defects. Keysight Technologies has evaluated and tested this driver to verify that it meets all applicable requirements of the IVI specifications at the time this compliance document was submitted to the IVI Foundation and agrees to abide by the dispute arbitration provisions in Section 7 of IVI-1.2: Operating Procedures, if the IVI Foundation finds this driver to be non-conformant. More Information ---------------- For more information about this driver and other instrument drivers and software available from Keysight Technologies visit: http://www.keysight.com/find/drivers A list of contact information is available from: http://www.keysight.com/find/contactus Microsoft, Windows, MS Windows, and Windows NT are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Copyright Keysight Technologies 2003-2018