Thread: L4445A with National Instruments Switch Executive

Hello,

I am trying to get the L4445A Switch driver to work in the National Instruments Switch Executive and cannot see the channels on the Y1151A modules I have plugged in. I installed all the ivi drivers via http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/edi ... id=1667733

I use Measurement and Automation Explorer and could see my L4454A under the devices. Note I am using LXI. I then went to the IVI section and setup a driver session. In the general tab under driver setup I entered dmm = false, slot1=L4445. For the hardware tab, I setup the L4445A as a hardware asset. I then created a Logical name that used this driver session and then created a NI Switch Virtual Device that used this IVI switch. When the window opens, the only channels I see are abus1 through abus4. I do not see all the individual channels to my switches such as 1101. I am trying to control SP6T RF switches as well as SPDT RF switches.

I tried dmm=false, slot1=Y1151A, dmm=false, slot1=L4445A and several other things in the driver setup and either no channels appear in the switch executive virtual device or I only see the abus channels. Any idea what I am doing wrong or will the L4445 not work in switch executive?

Thank you Tomc. That was my fear that it simply isn't supported however Switch Executive is listed as supported in the data sheet: http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb ... 4828EN.pdf

I do think it is possible to make a product such as this work with switch executive via IVI as National Instruments has a similar product that does work: http://forums.ni.com/t5/Switch-Hardware ... ogin=False

It would be great to see Agilent do the same with the L4445A and in the mean time, remove Switch Executive support from the data sheet if it does not work.