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Question asked by aforns on Jul 21, 2008
Latest reply on Apr 21, 2009 by jborges3

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Hello

I am trying to manipulate remotelly a E4446A using Visual Basic 6.

I have installed the IVI drivers.

There's two declarable object types:

AgilentSAn & AgilentSAnBasic

The first one has all the methods and properties to initiate the driver and the instrument and control it at hi-level system.

The second one, has all the specific parameters and methods to manipulate(span, freq, and other specific things), but hasn't got the things the first one has.

So, how do I declare my object to be able to control all the things I want? It seems to be as both two object types comes from separate libraries and has nothing to do with each other, but I need the capabilites of both in one!

This has made me crazy, becaus I've been using other instrument IVI-com drivers and all has been ok since I've started with the PSA.

Thanks in advance!

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jborges3 Sep 19, 2008 4:12 PM

Hello Aforns,

It depends on what you are doing. AgilentSAn has everything you need for SA mode.

AgilentSAnBasic is for PSA "Basic" mode

Take a look on your computer at the VB example at the following path.

C:\Program Files\IVI\Drivers\AgSAn\Examples\VB6\Example1

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mpd123123123 Apr 16, 2009 12:34 PM

I too am having trouble with the libraries/driver for my PSA (E4440A with option 122). When I try to do a simple VB program to interface with the PSA, I get the error:

"Type VisaComLib.ResourceManager is not defined".

When I try to include the Agilent VISA COM Resource Manager as a reference in VB, VB lets me choose it as an option but then tells me it cannot find the reference specified. I have verified that the file "C:\Program Files\Agilent\IO Libraries Suite\bin\AgtRM.dll" exists on my hard drive and I have reinstalled the IO libraries suite 15.0 several times as well as reinstalled Visual Basic. Nothing seems to make a difference. Using the Agilent Connection Expert, I can communicate with the PSA so I don't think there's a problem with the LAN connection.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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jborges3 Apr 21, 2009 7:58 AM

Hello mpd123123123,

Take a look at this link:
http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/faq ... &id=407788

It has links to a number of programming examples and references.

Best regards,

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jborges3 Sep 19, 2008 4:12 PM
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Hello Aforns,

It depends on what you are doing. AgilentSAn has everything you need for SA mode.

AgilentSAnBasic is for PSA "Basic" mode

Take a look on your computer at the VB example at the following path.

C:\Program Files\IVI\Drivers\AgSAn\Examples\VB6\Example1

Best regards,
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mpd123123123 Apr 16, 2009 12:34 PM
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I too am having trouble with the libraries/driver for my PSA (E4440A with option 122). When I try to do a simple VB program to interface with the PSA, I get the error:

"Type VisaComLib.ResourceManager is not defined".

When I try to include the Agilent VISA COM Resource Manager as a reference in VB, VB lets me choose it as an option but then tells me it cannot find the reference specified. I have verified that the file "C:\Program Files\Agilent\IO Libraries Suite\bin\AgtRM.dll" exists on my hard drive and I have reinstalled the IO libraries suite 15.0 several times as well as reinstalled Visual Basic. Nothing seems to make a difference. Using the Agilent Connection Expert, I can communicate with the PSA so I don't think there's a problem with the LAN connection.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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jborges3 Apr 21, 2009 7:58 AM
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Hello mpd123123123,

Take a look at this link:
http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/faq ... &id=407788

It has links to a number of programming examples and references.

Best regards,
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