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VX4101A MultiPaq Instrument User Manual
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CAUTION. Verify that the mainframe is able to provide adequate cooling and
power with this module installed. Refer to the mainframe Operating Manual for
instructions. If the mainframe cannot cool the unit adequately, the unit may not
operate properly and may be damaged.
Installing the VXIplug&play Software
Each VXIplug&play instrument includes either a 3 1/2 inch diskette or CD-
ROM storage media containing the SFPs and device drivers with which you can
control the instrument interactively. The SFPs are capable of controlling the
instrument immediately following a successful installation, without requiring a
specific application development environment. The soft front panels and the
supporting software were developed in conformance with the guidelines of the
VXIplug&play Systems Alliance.
All VXIplug&play products are classified within a particular framework, as
developed by the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance to categorize operating
systems, programming languages, and I/O software libraries. The framework
supported by the driver distributed with this VXI module is printed on the label
of the media.
The source code as well as the dynamic link library (DLL) are distributed so that
you have the flexibility of using either of them in the end application.
The device driver distributed with the Tektronix VX4101A complies with all
current VXIplug&play requirements. The device driver uses VISA calls that are
portable across platforms and development environments. Tektronix uses only
the ANSI C implementation in instrument driver source code. No platform-spe-
cific libraries are included in the driver. The driver source code will compile
using MSVC, Borland, Symantec or Watcom compilers without having to use
foreign libraries, other than the VISA Dynamic Link Library (DLL). All driver
.DLL files are located in:
VXIPNP\<Framework>\BIN
Use the following procedure to install the VXIplug&play software:
1. Insert the media containing the driver files in the appropriate drive.
2. Locate the file Setup.exe, as follows:
H On a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk, the file is on disk 1
H On a CD-ROM, the file will be in the tkvx4101 directory
About the Device Drivers
Installation Procedure