IVI Drivers Overview
Instrument Control Toolbox Software and IVI Drivers
Instrument Control Toolbox software communicates with instruments
using Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) drivers. The toolbox
supports IVI-C and IVI-COM drivers, provided by various instrument
manufacturers.
For definitions and specifications of IVI drivers and their
components, see the IVI Foundation Web site at http://www.ivifoundation.org.
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IVI-C and IVI-COM
Instrument Control Toolbox software supports IVI-C and IVI-COM
drivers, with class-compliant and instrument-specific functionality.
IVI class-compliant drivers support common functionality across
a family of related instruments. Use class-compliant drivers to access
the basic functionality of an instrument, and the ability to swap
instruments without changing the code in your application. With an
IVI instrument-specific driver or interface, you can access the unique
functionality of the instrument. The instrument-specific driver generally
does not accommodate instrument substitution.
For IVI-C drivers, you can use IVI-C class drivers and IVI-C
specific drivers. Device objects you construct to call IVI-C class
drivers offer interchangeability between similar instruments, and
work with all instruments consistent with that class driver. Device
objects you construct to call IVI-C specific drivers directly generally
offer less interchangeability, but provide access to the unique methods
and properties of a specific instrument.
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