HP E2094D SICL VTL I/O Libraries for Win 3.1/NT/95 (VXIplug&play)

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What is VISA?
As an innovator in test and measurement technology and a leader in setting and supporting standards, HP created the Standard Instrument Control Library (SICL) in June 1993 as a proposed I/O library standard. As other manufacturers in the industry recognized the value of a standard I/O library for test and measurement, the VXIplug&play Alliance was formed. The Alliance developed the specification for an I/O library similar in features and functionality to SICL. This library is called the Virtual Instrument Software Architecture, or VISA. HP joined the Alliance as an active participant in specifying and bringing these new standards to our customers.

What is VTL?
VTL is the VISA Transition Library. It is a subset of VISA and is based on the most-frequently-used I/O function calls. VTL makes it easy to migrate to the new standard. The calls are similar to SICL callsfor example, iopen in SICL is viopen in VTL (and VISA). You cancontinue using your existing SICL applications while adding VTL for new ones. After completing VTL, HP immediately started development of VISA, which offers more functionality than VTL. When HP begins shipping VISA, it will be 100% compatible with VTL because VTL is a subset of VISA. VTL has been shipping since May 1995 and VISA will be shipping in 1996.

What About SICL?
HP is committed to supporting SICL as well as VISA. You can continue to use SICL for all your current program applications, and use VISA for new applications. Your SICL-only programs can run on the same system as VISA-only programs if the programs are talking to different instruments, whether or not the instruments are on the same interface. One of the main benefits of SICL and VISA continues to be portability between Windows and HP-UX environments. Applications written on HP-UX run under Windows with a simple re-compile of the code.



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Refer to the 1996 HP VXI Source Book for additional Instrument I/O information. This catalog is also available on CD ROM and includes VXI system design software (requires Windows 3.1 or later, 486/50MHz, 12 MB RAM, 2X CD_ROM drive). Either media can be requested from this web site

Download Instrument Drivers from Internet

Note: You can use another HP internet site to directly transfer the VXIplug&play instrument drivers for VXI products listed in this VXI product section. The advantage to this method is that you will receive the updated instrument drivers immediately.

You can also get to the main directory which includes instrument driver files . The instrument driver file names end with ".id"


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HP E2094D	SICL VTL I/O Libraries for Win 3.1/NT/95 (VXIplug&play) 
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