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New to instrument control: attempting control of E5062A with GPIB cable and C program

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Hey everyone!

 

I'm lost as where to start controlling an instrument we have in the lab.

 

I'll give you my setup:

 

It is a VNA, agilent/keysight E5062A.

 

Controller is a desktop server running RHEL 5.

 

I have a GPIB Cable.

Program needs to be written into C so that it can be incorporated into the test program we are using.

 

I have the programmers manual but it doesn't tell me much on how to start. It does tell me how to set the instrument(E5062A) gpib address. 

I've also gathered that i will need some sort of I/O library, VISA or SCPI?

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

 

programmers manual link, take a look at chapter two

http://anlage.umd.edu/Microwave%20Measurements%20for%20Personal%20Web%20Site/E5062A_Programmers_Guide_E5061-90042.pdf


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