
README.TXT for Agilent E1459A 64-Channel Isolated Input Interrupt Module

Contents:

1    Introduction

2    VISA Specific Information
2.1    Instrument Addresses
2.2    Executing the Soft Front Panel without VISA

3    Using the E1459 Driver in Application Development Environments
3.1    C/C++
3.2    Microsoft Visual Basic

4.0  WINDOWS 7 x64 Installation. Additional upgrade needed.

5.0  Known Defects

6.0  Obtaining New and Updated VXIplug&play Drivers

7.0  Revision History

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1.   Introduction

The help file included with the E1459 VXIplug&play driver contains
instrument and programming information. This readme file contains
additional information for the VXIplug&play programmer.

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2.   VISA Specific Information

The following topics refer to instances when the driver is used with
different versions of VISA.

2.1    Instrument Addresses

When using VXIplug&play instrument drivers, instrument addresses must
be all uppercase letters. Implementation of the addressing scheme is
vendor specific and some vendors support mixed cases. However, for
maximum portability, the instrument address should use uppercase
characters only.

For example:  use "VXI0::56::INSTR" instead of "vxi0::56::instr"

2.2  Executing the Soft Front Panel without VISA

The VISA dynamic link library provides a communication library
between your program and the instrument.  The SFP may be executed without
VISA or without the HPE1459_32.dll present.  It will do a partial emulation
of the hardware for demo purposes.

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3.   Using the E1459 Driver in Application Development Environments

This section offers suggestions on using the hpe1459_32.dll within
various application development environments.

3.1    C/C++

Refer to your C/C++ manuals for information on linking
and calling .DLLs.

Rebuilding the driver DLL should be done in a different directory than
the one the driver was installed in order to differentiate the changes.

3.2   Microsoft Visual Basic

Refer to the Microsoft Visual BASIC manual for information on calling DLLs.
The BASIC include file is hpe1458.bas, which is contained in the directory
~\winnt\include or ~\win95\include. The ~ refers to the directory in the
VXIPNPPATH variable.  By default this is set to C:\VXIPNP on Agilent I/O
Libraries revisions prior to J.01.00; or to C:\Program Files\VISA on
revisions J.01.00 or later.

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4.0  WINDOWS 7 x64 Installation. Additional upgrade needed.

Version A.01.06 consists of an upgrade to the Installation software for 
installing the E1459A driver on Windows 7 systems. You must also install 
the following software upgrade:

	   In Windows 7, the update WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit
           Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension. The
           update is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607. 


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5.0  Known Defects

This driver does not work on National MXI 1 interface.

This card did not work with the Agilent E1406 command module.  (It can
miss interrupts).  This problem occurred with Agilent I/O Libraries version
F.01.02.  Please upgrade your system if you are using that version.

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6.0  Obtaining New and Updated VXIplug&play Drivers

The latest copy of this instrument driver and other Agilent instrument
drivers are available at the Agilent Technologies customer WWW site:

            http://www.agilent.com/find/inst_drivers

If you do not have Internet access, the drivers can be obtained by
contacting your country support organization.  In the US, the phone
number is 800-452-4844.  A list of contact information for other
countries is available on the Agilent Technologies website:

          http://www.agilent.com/find/assist

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7.0  Revision History

  A.01.00  Oct 1997  Initial Release.

  Revision A.01.01 2/98

	hpe1459_32.dll	- A.01.00
	hps1459.exe	- A.01.01

  Revision A.01.02 June 1998

	hpe1459_32.dll	- A.01.00
	hps1459.exe	- A.01.01

  Revision A.01.03 February 99  - Fixed Interrupt Self Test.

	hpe1459_32.dll	- A.01.03
	hps1459.exe	- A.01.01

  Revision A.01.04 July 99  - Fixed multithreaded usage in the dll.

	hpe1459_32.dll	- A.01.04
	hps1459.exe	- A.01.01

  Revision A.01.05 Oct 2001  - Agilent rebranding.
	hpe1459_32.dll	- A.01.05
	hps1459.exe	- A.01.02

  Revision A.01.06 June 2012 - WINDOWS 7 x64 Installation InstallShield Update

        This release updates the InstallShield for
        installations only on XP, WIN 7 x86 and 
        WIN 7 x64 operating systems.The driver itself has
        not changed. For Win 95 or Win NT support,
        utilze version  A.01.05.

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