What You Need to Get Started

To use NI-VISA, you need the following:

• Appropriate hardware, in the form of a National Instruments GPIB, GPIB-VXI, MXI/VXI or serial interface board. For other hardware interfaces, the computer's standard ports should be sufficient for most applications.
• For GPIB applications, install NI-488.2. For VXI applications, install NI-VXI. For other hardware interfaces, NI-VISA uses the system's standard drivers.
• NI-VISA distribution media
• If you have a GPIB-VXI command module from another vendor, you need that vendor's GPIB-VXI VISA component. It will be installed into the <VXIPNPPATH>\<Framework>\bin directory. For example, the Hewlett-Packard component for the HPE1406 would be:

  C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\VISA\WinNT\bin\HPGPVX32.dll