Getting Started

Install, Uninstall or Update IO Libraries Suite

IO Monitor is included in the Keysight IO Suite and is automatically installed as part of the Keysight IO Libraries Suite. Refer to the readme.htm file, which is available at the following locations:

Navigate to the IO Libraries suite page, under the Trials and Licenses tab, select the readme.
From IO Control > Documentation > IO Libraries Suite Readme.

Launch IO Monitor

After installation, the IO Monitor application icon appears on your Windows desktop. Double-click the icon to open the application. If the icon is not available, open the application from the Windows Start menu by searching for Keysight IO Monitor.

IO Monitor Quick Start

If you have one or more instruments connected to your PC and these instruments are recognized in Keysight's Connection Expert, you can begin using IO Monitor in just a few simple steps:

On the IO Monitor screen, select the Start button.

Click the Refresh button in Connection Expert. Watch as the I/O messages generated by the refresh operation appear on the IO Monitor display.

When finished, click the Stop button on the IO Monitor display.

IO Monitor is that easy to use. Click a link below to learn about other features that make IO Monitor an excellent utility for monitoring and troubleshooting instrument I/O in your test and measurement programs.

Monitoring I/O Messages on the Display

Changing IO Monitor settings (for example, monitoring VISA or SICL messages, Internal Processes, etc.)

Logging I/O Messages to a File

Reviewing Previously Logged Messages

Important Considerations

IO Monitor is not a performance measuring tool, because the IO Monitor itself affects performance.

Only one session of IO Monitor can run at any time per machine.

When monitoring for long periods of time when message volume is high, IO Monitor may lose messages.

When monitoring SICL and/or SICL Detail, IO Monitor may monitor, display, and/or log many messages from the Keysight Instrument Discovery Service. To reduce the number of messages, turn off the SICL and SICL Detail options. See Changing IO Monitor Settings for details.

Keysight IO Libraries Suite Documentation

You can view additional documentation for the Keysight IO Libraries Suite by selecting Documentation from the IO Control or from within each program and utility that has help.