SRS Arbitrary Waveform Composer Installation Instructions
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AWC Version 1.0.3


IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES! PLEASE READ! 

The installation instructions of the SRS Arbitrary Waveform Composer(AWC)
assumes that you do not have National Instrument's LabVIEW or National 
Instrument's VISA drivers installed on your computer. IF YOU: 

A) HAVE VISA DRIVERS ALREADY INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER,
You may skip Installation Steps 1)and 2).  This assumes that the VISA version
on your computer is recent, 2.6 or later.  VISA issues should be addressed by
National Instruments.  See below for more details. 

B) HAVE LabVIEW VERSION 6.1 ON YOUR COMPUTER, 
do NOT install this version of SRS AWC.  Instead, extract only the file
“Arbitrary Waveform Composer.exe”.  This program should be fully
functional if you have LabVIEW 6.1 or later. 


Full Installation Instructions
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1) Unzip this archive to a temporary directory. 

2) Inside this temporary directory, navigate to the VISA Run-Time Engine
2.6 folder. Inside this folder, run NIvisa260runtime.exe. 
Follow the on-screen instructions. 

3) Open an explorer window and navigate to the INSTALLER directory 
in the temporary directory. 

4) Run SETUP.EXE and follow the on-screen instructions. 

5) Connect either a GPIB or RS232 cable between your computer and 
your DS345 or DS340. 

6) Start the Arbitrary Waveform Composer program from Start|Programs|Arbitrary 
Waveform Composer on your PC.



Troubleshooting Connection Problems to the DS34x
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RS232

To communicate with a DS34x instrument, this program requires the installation 
and proper functioning of other drivers. To communicate over RS232, NI-VISA is 
required. To check if NI-VISA is installed, go to Control Panel | Add/Remove 
Programs and check if NI-VISA is active. If it is not, install the NI-VISA Run-
Time Engine contained in the ZIP file that came with the instrument or download 
a fresh copy from our web site, www.thinksrs.com.  To communicate with a DS34x, 
be sure the RS232 interface, not GPIB, is active on the instrument.  See the 
DS34x manual for details.

GPIB 

In addition to NI-VISA, discussed above, connecting to a DS34x instrument via GPIB 
also requires GPIB drivers.  Because this software is based on National Instruments 
(NI) technology, use NI GPIB cards and NI-488.2 drivers.  488.2 refers to the 
ANSI/IEEE standard that defines GPIB.  Check under Control Panel | Add/Remove 
Programs if NI-488.2 is installed on your computer. If it is not, reinstall it 
from the disks that came with your GPIB hardware, or obtain it from NI's web site, 
www.ni.com.

If NI-488.2 and NI-VISA are installed, go to Start|National Instruments|Measurement 
and Automation to run Measurement and Automation Explorer, or MAX. Be sure the GPIB 
interface is active on your DS345!  In the Configuration pane, open Devices and Inter-
faces. You should see your GPIB interface (e.g., GPIB0).   After opening the GPIB 
interface, you should see your instrument (e.g., Instrument0). Right-click on the 
instrument icon, select Communicate with Instrument, and press the Query button. 
You should see a message starting with "StanfordResearchSystems,DS34...", indicating 
the interface is working properly. 

If problems are indicated, obtain the latest version of the NI-488.2 drivers that are 
compatible with your hardware and operating system at National Instrument's web site, 
www.ni.com.
