Write/Read
About External Devices

IOConfiguration Property


Description

Sets and returns the method of communication and address for the external device.

 VB Syntax

extDevices.IOConfiguration = value

Variable

(Type) - Description

extDevices

An ExternalDevice (object)

value

(String)  Configuration path. Any valid VISA resource shown in the IO Configuration field of the External Devices dialog, enclosed in quotes.

Do NOT use the ID string of a PMAR USB power sensor as the resource string. The ID string is returned by the USBPowerMeterCatalog Property

Return Type

String

Default

" " Empty String

Examples

extDevices.IOConfiguration = "TCPIP::141.121.76.239::inst0::INSTR" Write

value = extDevices.IOConfiguration 'Read

See example program to configure PMAR device

See example program to configure External Source

C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_IOConfiguration( BSTR* value);

HRESULT put_IOConfiguration( BSTR newVal);

Interface

IExternalDevices