Agilent Technologies 4155B User manual

VXIplug&play Driver User’s Guide
Agilent 4155B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer
Agilent 4156B Precision Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer
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In This Manual
This manual provides information about VXIplug&play driver for Agilent
4155B/4156B. This manual also introduces two sample application programs using
HP VEE and the VXIplug&play driver for the 4155B/4156B.
•Installation
This chapter describes hardware and software requirements to use
the 4155B/4156B VXIplug&play driver, and how to install the driver.
•Driver Functions
This chapter lists the all driver functions for the 4155B/4156B and Agilent
E5250A Low Leakage Switch Mainframe.
•Programming Examples Using HP VEE
This chapter describes how to create measurement program using HP VEE, and
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•Sample Application Programs For HP VEE
This chapter provides how to install, execute, and modify the sample application
programs stored in the VEE Sample Program Disk furnished with the
4155B/4156B.

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Contents
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1. Installation
Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Hardware Requirements with HP VEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Installing 4155B/4156B Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
To Configure the Interface using HP I/O Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
To Install the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
2. Driver Functions
Driver Functions for the 4155B/4156B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
hp4156b_abortMeasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
hp4156b_addSampleSyncIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
hp4156b_addSampleSyncPulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
hp4156b_addStressSyncIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
hp4156b_addStressSyncPulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
hp4156b_autoCal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
hp4156b_clearSampleSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
hp4156b_clearStressSync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
hp4156b_close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
hp4156b_cmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
hp4156b_cmdData_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
hp4156b_cmdInt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
hp4156b_cmdInt16Arr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
hp4156b_cmdInt16_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
hp4156b_cmdInt32Arr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
hp4156b_cmdInt32_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
hp4156b_cmdReal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
hp4156b_cmdReal64Arr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
hp4156b_cmdReal64_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
hp4156b_cmdString_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
hp4156b_dcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

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hp4156b_error_message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
hp4156b_error_query. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
hp4156b_errorQueryDetect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
hp4156b_errorQueryDetect_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
hp4156b_esr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
hp4156b_execCal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
hp4156b_execOffsetCancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
hp4156b_force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
hp4156b_forcePulse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
hp4156b_init . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
hp4156b_measureM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
hp4156b_measureP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
hp4156b_offsetCancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
hp4156b_opc_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
hp4156b_readData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
hp4156b_readStatusByte_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
hp4156b_recoverOutput. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
hp4156b_reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
hp4156b_revision_query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
hp4156b_sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
hp4156b_self_test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
hp4156b_setFilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
hp4156b_setInteg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
hp4156b_setIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
hp4156b_setPbias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
hp4156b_setPguR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
hp4156b_setPiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
hp4156b_setSample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
hp4156b_setStress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
hp4156b_setSweepSync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
hp4156b_setSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
hp4156b_setVm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

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hp4156b_spotMeas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
hp4156b_startMeasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
hp4156b_stopMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
hp4156b_stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
hp4156b_sweepIv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
hp4156b_sweepMiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
hp4156b_sweepPbias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
hp4156b_sweepPiv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
hp4156b_timeOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
hp4156b_timeOut_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
hp4156b_zeroOutput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
Driver Functions for the E5250A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
hpe5250a_biasChanCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
hpe5250a_biasChanList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
hpe5250a_biasChanList_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
hpe5250a_biasPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
hpe5250a_biasState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
hpe5250a_close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
hpe5250a_closeCard_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
hpe5250a_closeList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
hpe5250a_closeList_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
hpe5250a_cmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
hpe5250a_cmdData_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
hpe5250a_cmdInt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
hpe5250a_cmdInt16Arr_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
hpe5250a_cmdInt16_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
hpe5250a_cmdInt32Arr_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58
hpe5250a_cmdInt32_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58
hpe5250a_cmdReal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59
hpe5250a_cmdReal64Arr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59
hpe5250a_cmdReal64_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-60

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hpe5250a_cmdString_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-60
hpe5250a_compenC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-61
hpe5250a_connRuleSeq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62
hpe5250a_couplePort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63
hpe5250a_coupleState . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
hpe5250a_dcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
hpe5250a_error_message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
hpe5250a_error_query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
hpe5250a_errorQueryDetect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-66
hpe5250a_errorQueryDetect_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-66
hpe5250a_esr_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
hpe5250a_func . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
hpe5250a_init. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
hpe5250a_opc_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
hpe5250a_openCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69
hpe5250a_openList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69
hpe5250a_openList_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
hpe5250a_readStatusByte_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
hpe5250a_reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71
hpe5250a_revision_query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71
hpe5250a_selectCompenFile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-72
hpe5250a_self_test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-73
hpe5250a_testClear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-73
hpe5250a_testExec_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74
hpe5250a_timeOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74
hpe5250a_timeOut_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74
3. Programming Examples Using HP VEE
Programming Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Registrating the Driver on HP VEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Basic Objects to Control the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

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Debugging Your Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Restrictions When Using the Driver with HP VEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
High-Speed Spot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Multi-Channel Spot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Staircase Sweep Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Synchronous Sweep Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Multi-Channel Sweep Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Pulsed Spot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Multi-Channel Pulsed Spot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Pulsed Sweep Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Multi-Channel Pulsed Sweep Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Staircase Sweep with Pulsed Bias Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Sampling Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Stress Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
4. Sample Application Programs for HP VEE
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
HP VEE Sample Program Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
What are Sample Programs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Required Equipment and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Installing the Sample Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Using sample1.vee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Program Execution Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
To Execute sample1.vee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

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Using sample2.vee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Program Execution Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
To Execute sample2.vee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Customizing Sample Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
To Change an GPIB Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
To Change the Vth Measurement Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
To Remove a Test Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
To Remove a Source Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
To Add a Test Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
To Add a Measurement Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

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This chapter explains the environment requirements and installation of the
VXIplug&play driver for Agilent 4155B/4156B.
•“Software Requirements”
•“Hardware Requirements with HP VEE”
•“Installing 4155B/4156B Driver”
NOTE The hardware required depends on the operating system and programming language
used. This manual provides hardware requirements when using the driver with
HP VEE software. When using the driver with a programming language other than
HP VEE, refer to the appropriate programming manual.

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Software Requirements
The following software is required to use the VXIplug&play driver for the
4155B/4156B. You can select one from Windows NT and Windows 95. You can
also select the most comfortable programming language to develop and run
programs.
•Operating System
•Windows NT revision 3.51 or later
•Windows 95
•32-bit VISA I/O Library
I/O Library for GPIB Interface Card, or equivalent
•Programming Environment
•HP VEE
•Microsoft Visual Basic
•Microsoft Visual C++
•Borland C/C++
•LabView
•LabWindows
•VXIplug&play Driver Disk (furnished with the 4155B/4156B)
•4155B/4156B Plug&Play Driver Disk
•E5250A Plug&Play Driver Disk
NOTE If you use the sample application programs, stored in the VEE Sample Program
Disk furnished with the 4155B/4156B, HP VEE must be version 4.0 or later.
See Chapter 4. Also, if you use the Cascade Microtech Summit series semi-auto
prober, confirm the operating system supported by the prober control software
(PCS) supplied from Cascade Microtech, Inc. PCS version 2.50 supports Windows
95 and Windows 3.1.
NOTE The E5250A Plug&Play Driver Disk stores the VXIplug&play driver for Agilent
E5250A. This driver is required to use the sample application programs.

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Hardware Requirements with HP VEE
The following hardware is required to use HP VEE and the VXIplug&play drivers.
•Controller
•486/66 with Coprocessor (minimum recommendation)
•586(Pentium)/90 or better is recommended.
•Memory
•For Windows 95: 16 Mbyte. 24 Mbyte or more is recommended.
•For Windows NT: 24 Mbyte. 32 Mbyte or more is recommended.
•Hard disk (minimum disk space)
•20 Mbytes for HP VEE version 4.0
•2 Mbytes for 4155B/4156B driver
•1 Mbyte for E5250A driver
•Graphics
1024 ×768. 1280 ×1024 is recommended.
•IEEE 488 Interface card
Agilent 82341C GPIB Interface Card, or equivalent.
•CD-ROM drive
A CD-ROM drive will be required to install the software needed to use the
VXIplug&play driver.
•Flexible disk drive
A 3.5 inch flexible disk drive is required to install the drivers.

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Installing 4155B/4156B Driver
The installation flow for the VXIplug&play driver is shown below. If you have
already installed the IEEE 488 interface card, VISA I/O library, and programming
software on your PC, skip steps 1 through 4.
1. Install the IEEE 488 interface card into your PC.
See the interface card manual. Note the model number of the interface card, as
you may need it to configure the interface (in step 3).
2. Install VISA I/O library.
Follow the instructions in the I/O library’s setup program.
3. Configure and check the IEEE 488 interface.
See the I/O library manual. If you use the HP I/O Library, also see “To
Configure the Interface using HP I/O Library”on page 1-6.
4. Install the programming software.
Follow the setup program instructions.
5. Install the VXIplug&play driver.
See “To Install the Driver”on page 1-7.
6. Register the driver in the programming software.
See the programming software manual. If you are using HP VEE, also see
“Programming Basics”in Chapter 3.

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To Configure the Interface using HP I/O Library
After installing the IEEE 488 interface card and the HP I/O Library, configure the
interface. The procedure shown below is the easiest way to configure the interface.
First, execute I_O Config in the HP I_O Libraries folder. The I/O Config window is
displayed. See Figure 1-1.
1. Click Auto Add.
If the interface card is installed properly, I_O Config automatically detects the
hardware configuration. The default names for SICL and VISA are assigned and
listed, as shown in the Configured Interface list.
2. Click hpib7 GPIB0.
3. Click Edit to display the Configuration dialog box for the interface card.
If you find any conflicts in the dialog box, such as IRQ line, you may need to
change them manually. Normally you can exit without modifying the default
setup.
4. Click OK to exit. Reboot your PC to configure the interface.
Figure 1-1 To Configure the Interface using HP I/O Library
NOTE VISA Name is used by the VXIplug&play drivers to access the interface.
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Installing 4155B/4156B Driver
To Install the Driver
1. Insert the 4155B/4156B Plug&Play Driver Disk into the flexible disk drive
connected to your PC.
2. Execute the 4156B.EXE program stored on the diskette. The program
automatically installs the driver in the following directory.
•For Windows NT: \Vxipnp\Winnt\Hp4156b
•For Windows 95: \Vxipnp\Win95\Hp4156b
Following files are installed in the directory.
•hp4156b.bas
•hp4156b.c
•hp4156b.def
•hp4156b.fp
•hp4156b.GID
•hp4156b.h
•hp4156b.hlp
•readme.txt
•DelsL1.isu
3. If you are also installing the driver for the E5250A, do the following.
a. Insert the E5250A Plug&Play Driver Disk into the flexible disk drive
connected to your PC.
b. Execute the E5250A.EXE program stored on the diskette. The program
automatically installs the driver in the following directory.
•For Windows NT: \Vxipnp\Winnt\Hpe5250a
•For Windows 95: \Vxipnp\Win95\Hpe5250a
Following files are installed in the directory.
•hpe5250a.bas
•hpe5250a.c
•hpe5250a.def
•hpe5250a.fp
•hpe5250a.GID
•hpe5250a.h
•hpe5250a.hlp
•readme.txt
•DelsL1.isu

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