About Drivers and Interfaces

This chapter discusses how to create, add, configure, and use drivers in the system. You will learn how to configure interfaces such as the GPIB board; how to add interfaces to the driver; how to select the driver interface; and how to set the driver's address in the system using the driver shortcut. In this chapter, you will use I/O Tables to send and receive data to a GPIB instrument using the HP34041 Digital Multimeter. You can apply similar techniques when using a different instrument.

Use the table below to learn more about this chapter's topics:

Topic	Description
Interfaces and Interface Types	What are interfaces and what type of interfaces ATEasy supports.
Adding an Interface	How to add an Interface.
Creating and Adding Drivers	How to create and add drivers to a system.
Driver and Driver Shortcut	Differences between driver and driver shortcut properties.
Driver Default Name	How to define the default name of a driver.
Defining the Driver Interface	How to define a driver's interface.
Configuring the Driver	How to configure the driver for an application.
I/O Tables	What are I/O Tables.
Creating a SetFunctionVDC I/O Table	How to create an I/O Table.
Creating a SetFunctionVAC I/O Table	How to create a second type of I/O Table
Using the Output Discrete Mode	Using discrete properties to reduce the number of I/O tables necessary in the system.
Reading Data from the Instrument	How to create an I/O table to read data from an instrument.
Calling an I/O Table from a Test	How to call I/O Tables from a program.
Using the Monitor View	How to set up and turn on the Monitor View.
Using Function Panel Drivers	How to user .fp drivers
Using IVI Drivers	How to use ATEasy drivers for IVI based instrument drivers.