C# Example Programs

Two example Visual Studio Projects written in C# are provided in the %PROGRAMFILES%\Agilent\89600 Software 20xx\89600 VSA Software\Examples\SCPI\C#\ folder.

SCPI Measurement Demo

An example Visual Studio Project written in C# is located in the %PROGRAMFILES%\Agilent\89600 Software 20xx\89600 VSA Software\Examples\SCPI\C#\ScpiMeasDemo\ folder that demonstrates the following concepts:

• Connecting and disconnecting the SCPI session with basic exception handling
• Setting the instrument timeout period
• Presetting the VSA application and measurement
• Checking to see if the VSA application is running and how to start the VSA if it is not running
• Starting a measurement and waiting for operation complete
• Querying trace data in ASCII and binary data formats

This example program uses the VISA COM library for IO control.

Channel Quality Measurement Example

A second example Visual Studio Project written in C# is located in the %PROGRAMFILES%\Agilent\89600 Software 20xx\89600 VSA Software\Examples\SCPI\C#\ChannelQualityScpiMeasDemo\ folder that demonstrates the following concepts:

• Using the Channel Quality measurement of the VSA to make a relative Group Delay measurement

• Controlling a signal generator over SCPI and parsing values from one SCPI instrument (signal generator) to use with another (VSA)