This section contains information about how to program the switching instruments using the GXPS driver. The GXPS 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. The section In System Calibration and the specific instrument User’s Guide contain a complete and detailed description of the available programming functions.
The driver supports many development tools. Using these tools with the driver is described in this section. In addition, the GX7400 directory contains examples written for these development tools. Refer to Setup and Installation for a list of the available examples.
An example using the DLL driver with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 is included at the end of this chapter. 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 GX7400 driver types.
The following topics provide the basics for using the GX7400 power supply and the Virtual Instrument Panel:
Programming Using Visual Basic
Programming Using Pascal/Delphi
Programming GXPS Boards Using ATEasy®
Using the GXPS driver functions