VectorStar™ MS4640A SeriesMicrowave Vector Network Analyzer : Appendix B — Programming with LabWindows/CVI : Installing the Anritsu au464x LabWindows/CVI Driver
 
Installing the Anritsu au464x LabWindows/CVI Driver
The Anritsu au464x CVI driver was developed and is supported by National Instruments. The driver is available at the National Instrument’s Instrument Driver Network (http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/ ) – search for “MS464*” where the * is a wildcard character.
VectorStar VNA Drivers Available at National Instruments
Here are the VectorStar VNA drivers available from the National Instrument’s web site. We’ll use the LabWindows/CVI Plug and Play Driver.
 
au464x Driver Detailed Specifications
More details on the au464x driver for LabWindows/CVI. When you download the driver you’ll get a zip file.
 
au464x Driver HTML Help Files
The driver includes an HTML help file
 
au464x Driver HTML Help File Detail
The help for each function is pretty detailed as this example shows.
Setup VectorStar for Native Language
 
VectorStar REMOTE LANGUAGE Setup Menus
Use these menus to set up VectorStar to use Native SCPI commands for GPIB communication. We can also set this in our CVI program and we’ll do that in Examples 4, 7, and 8.