This section contains information about how to program the analog instruments using the GXAO driver. The GXAO driver contains functions to initialize, reset, and control the switching instruments. A brief description of the functions, as well as how and when to use them, is included in this section. Functions Reference section and the specific instrument User’s Guide contain complete and detailed description of the available programming functions.
The GXAO driver supports many development tools. Using these tools with the driver is described in this chapter. In addition, the GXAO directory contains examples written for these development tools. Refer to Installation and Connections section for a list of the available examples.
An example using the DLL driver with Microsoft Visual C++ is included at the end of Programming the Board. Since the driver functions and parameters are identical for all operating systems and development tools, the example can serve as an outline for other programming languages, programming tools, and other GXAO driver types.