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Agilent IntuiLink Software
for Agilent 54600-Series Oscilloscopes
Version 3.0
README.TXT file (Version 3.1)
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Agilent IntuiLink for Agilent 54600-Series
Oscilloscopes offers the following capabilities:
- Capture waveform data and screen images in Excel
and Word with a mouse click.
- Save and restore oscilloscope settings.
- ActiveX Custom Control for easy programming.
- Programming examples included for several popular
programming environments.
Installation requirements
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Minimum Operating System requirements:
* Windows® 95/98, or Me
* Windows NT® 4.0 (with Service Pack 4 or greater, obtain at
http://www.microsoft.com), or
* Windows 2000
Minimum Microsoft® Office application requirements:
* Microsoft Office 97 (Word or Excel) or
* Microsoft Office 2000
Supported Instruments
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Instruments with modules 54650A/52B/57A59B;
54600B/02B/03B/10B/15B/16B/16C
54645A/D, 54620A/C
Instruments without module for RS232
and module N2757A for GPIB;
54621A/D, 54622A/B, 54625A
Complementary Start-Up Assistance
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Agilent Technologies will provide Start-Up Assistance at
no charge to resolve questions relating to the installation,
operation, and use of this software product. Start-Up
Assistance is available to help you install the software
on your PC, establish communication with a compatible
instrument, and answer questions relating to the
functionality of the software components provided by Agilent.
Start-Up Assistance does not support requests to modify
or enhance the functionality of the software. For services
not covered by Start-Up Assistance, you may be referred
to fee-based services for advanced assistance.
Agilent will make reasonable efforts to respond to each customer
request for Start-Up Assistance within two working days,
but is under no obligation to respond within a prescribed
time frame. Requests for Start-Up Assistance are handled
in the order in which they were received. Agilent will make
reasonable efforts to solve customer problems, but cannot
guarantee success.
Agilent reserves the right to terminate Start-Up
Assistance at any time without notice.
Agilent VEE and Other Instrumentation System Drivers
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54600-Series Oscilloscope drivers for Agilent VEE and other
test system development environments can be found in the
drivers directory on the Agilent IntuiLink CD-ROM.
Agilent 54600-Series Oscilloscope Manuals
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The Agilent 54600-Series Oscilloscope manuals are available in
Adobe® Acrobat® format (.PDF) in the manuals directory
on the Agilent IntuiLink CD-ROM. Also included is the Acrobat
Reader program for viewing the .PDF files.
Agilent IntuiLink On-Line Help System
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During installation, the appropriate on-line help system
language version is installed based on the operating system
detected on the PC. In addition, the language can be changed
from the About box in Excel and Word.
The help system is also available in Adobe Acrobat
format (.PDF) in the pdf_help directory on the
Agilent IntuiLink CD-ROM. See the manualsadobe directory
on the CD-ROM to download the Acrobat Reader program for
viewing the .PDF files.
Frequently-Asked Questions
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A list of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs) for
Agilent IntuiLink is available in the faqs directory
on the Agilent IntuiLink CD-ROM (in .txt format).
For the latest list of FAQs, go to the Agilent Web site
at www.agilent.com/find/techsupport.
Windows 95 and Agilent SICL F.01.01 and Earlier
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Windows 95 32-bit Agilent SICL and VISA versions F.01.01 and
earlier will, by default, yield the CPU during I/O operations.
Agilent IntuiLink requires that the CPU not be yielded during
I/O operations. This is the default operation for Agilent SICL
versions F.01.02 and later.
For Agilent SICL versions F.01.01 and earlier, add a registry entry
which instructs SICL not to yield during I/O operations.
Add the following key:
"HKLM/Software/Hewlett-Packard/SICL/CurrentVersion/Options"
Under this key, add a string entry "Yield" with a value "false".
Windows 95 and Agilent SICL 'Options' Menu
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In the I/O Configuration program, the following selections
are available in the 'Options' menu:
SICL Yield (Win95 only)
- False (Default) * SICL does not yield the CPU during I/O
- True * SICL yields the CPU during I/O
Note: SICL Yield must be 'False' for proper operation of some
Plug&Play drivers. This will prevent a potential deadlock
from within a Windows message handler.
LabVIEW Version 5.1 Required
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The Agilent ActiveX Control will not work properly
in versions of LabVIEW prior to version 5.1.
Known Problems With 54645A/D Oscilloscopes
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The 54645A/D Oscilloscopes have a firmware defect that will
allow only 64 learn strings from the ":SYST:SET #<definite block>"
command. Additional learn strings will not be accepted and the
"Invalid Block Data" error will be generated.
Therefore, the object.Utilities.WriteStateData() Method of the
Agilent 54600Scope Control and Agilent 54600EZ Automation Server
can be invoked only 64 times before encountering this problem.
The work-around for this problem is to cycle the power on
the oscilloscope.
Troubleshooting Tips and Technical Support Information
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For troubleshooting tips and technical support information,
first refer to the Agilent 54600 on-line help system.
For further assistance, go to
http://www.agilent.com/find/assist.
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