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The VISA Shared Components is a required component for the IO Libraries Suite to operate correctly. The correct version of the VISA Shared Components is installed by the IO Libraries Suite, so users don't typically need to worry about installing this package.
However, if you need to repair, or install an older version of the VISA Shared Components you can download it here.
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2012-10-01 | 1.5 | Added a new USB-TMC kernel driver to support USB 3.0 on Windows 8. |
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2011-10-01 | 1.4 | Expand for more information... |
The header file visatype.h was not being installed into 'Win64Include' subdirectory. The header file visa.h was missing the definition for VI_INTF_USB. A device that claimed to be compliant with USB-TMC but had an incorrect interrupt pipe configuration could cause ausbtmc.sys to blue-screen. Various fixes to viWaitOnEvent in Win64 shared version of visa64.dll. The VISA COM interfaces IRegister64, ISharedRegister64, IHislipInstr and IPxi were not being properly registered. Updated binaries from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008 and changed the runtime version that is included in the installer. How to Download
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2010-08-01 | 1.3 | Added shared USB-TMC kernel driver ausbtmc.sys. Updated the header file visa.h to include HiSLIP (High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol) support. |
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An instrument driver, in the context of test and measurement (T&M) application development, is a set of software routines that simplifies remote instrument control. Instrument drivers are specified by the IVI Foundation[1] and define an I/O abstraction layer using the virtual instrument software architecture (VISA). The VISA hardware abstraction layer provides an interface-independent communication channel to T&M instruments. Furthermore, the instrument drivers encapsulate the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) commands, which are an ASCII-based set of commands for reading and writing instrument settings and measurement data. This standard allows an abstract way of using various programming languages to program remote-control applications instead of using SCPI commands. An instrument driver usually has a well-defined API.
Standards[edit]
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VXIplug&play instrument driver[edit]
The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance was founded in 1993[2] with the aim of unifying VXI hardware and software to achieve 'plug and play' interoperability for VXI and GPIB instruments. As part of the unifying process, VXIplug&play instrument drivers[3] were also defined.
IVI instrument drivers[edit]
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When the IVI Foundation took over the Alliance in 2002, it defined a new generation of instrument drivers to replace the VXIplug&play standard. The IVI instrument driver specification intends to overcome the drawbacks of VXIplug&play. These IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instrumentation) drivers[4] are currently defined in three different architectures:
- The IVI-COM driver architecture[5] is based on the Microsoft Component Object Model.
- The IVI-C drivers are based on C programming language shared components (shared libraries).
- The IVI.NET driver architecture was specified in 2010.[5][6] The IVI.NET drivers are based on the .NET framework.
Remote control of instrumentation[edit]
Instrument drivers allow quicker development of remote-control applications for instrumentation. The drivers reduce the difficulty of string formatting when using SCPI commands by providing a well-defined API. The IVI and VXIplug&play Instrument Drivers use the VISA as the hardware abstraction layer so that hardware-independent applications can be developed.
I/O hardware abstraction layer VISA[edit]
The VISA library allows test and measurement equipment to be connected through various hardware interfaces. The following interfaces are available:
- GPIB/IEEE-488
- VXI-11[7] (over TCP/IP)
- USB488/USBTMC (USB Test & Measurement), USB Test & Measurement Class Specification[8]
- HiSLIP[9] (over TCP/IP).
LXI[edit]
The LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard defines the communications protocols for controlling test and measurement systems using Ethernet. The standard requires vendors to offer IVI compliant instrument drivers.
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- ^'IVI Foundation Specifications'. IVI Foundation.
- ^'VXIplug&play Alliance'. IVI Foundation.
- ^'VPP-3.1: Instrument Drivers Architecture an Design Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
- ^'IVI Driver Specifications'. IVI Foundation.
- ^ ab'IVI-3.1: Driver Architecture Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
- ^'IVI-3.18: IVI.NET Utility Classes and Interfaces Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
- ^'VXI-11 Bus Specification'. VXI Bus Consortium.
- ^'USB Test & Measurement Class Specification'. USB Implementers Forum Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26.
- ^'IVI-6.1: High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP)'(PDF). IVI Foundation.