E8257D IVI Driver Dll and MAX Settings confusion

[forrestjon]

Hi Guys,
 
I am new to IVI drivers and I do not understand how to properly incorporate The IVI driver for an E8257D RF signal generator into my LabView program.
 
I have installed the drivers and updated my IVI compliance package to version 2.3.
 
The documentation which covers setting up MAX refers to and outdated version of MAX.
 
I am really not sure what to try next. I want to try adding the driver session for the E8257D to MAX but I do not know where to
find the DLL. I see the Driver session for a spectrum analyzer (agesa_32.DLL) but I do not know how to add the DLL for the
RF Signal Generator.
 
There is an entry in the Instrument Driver Software Modules folder for an RF generator which includes support for the E8257D however
the DLL field is blank.
 
If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.
 
Thanks,
 
Forrestjon

[forrestjon]

Hi Dennis,
Thanks for your quick response. I did run a setup program. I found several dll's in my C:\program files\IVI\BIN directory.
I am trying to use the AgilentRfSigGen.dll which I found there.
Yes, this was provided by Agilent and not NI.
After updating MAX with the link to the DLL I ran my program again and received the following error:
IviRFSigGen Initialize With Options.vi<ERR>Driver Status:  (Hex 0xBFFA1203) Primary Error: (Hex 0xBFFA1203)
The session name or logical name could not be resolved to a session or driver session.Elaboration: IviConfigServer.IviConfigStore.1: GetDriverSession failed. 
The specified name or logical name F1_Sig_Gen can not be resolved to a DriverSession.
It seems to me that I have something wrong in MAX or would this be an IVI-C versus IVI-COM issue ?
Thanks,
Forrestjon