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An instrument driver, in the context of test and measurement (T&M) application development, is a set of software routines that simplifies remote instrument control. Instrument drivers are specified by the IVI Foundation^[1] and define an I/O abstraction layer using the virtual instrument software architecture (VISA). The VISA hardware abstraction layer provides an interface-independent communication channel to T&M instruments. Furthermore, the instrument drivers encapsulate the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) commands, which are an ASCII-based set of commands for reading and writing instrument settings and measurement data. This standard allows an abstract way of using various programming languages to program remote-control applications instead of using SCPI commands. An instrument driver usually has a well-defined API.

IVI-COM instrument drivers through the interop assemblies. Notes: This guidebook shows examples that use KikusuiPwx IVI instrument driver (KIKUSUI PWX series DC Power Supply). You can also use IVI drivers for other vendors and other models in the same manner. The advanced features IVI drivers support: instrument simulation, automatic range checking, state caching, and interchangeability. The IVI Foundation has created IVI class specifications that define the capabilities for drivers for the following eight instrument classes.

Standards[edit]

VXIplug&play instrument driver[edit]

The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance was founded in 1993^[2] with the aim of unifying VXI hardware and software to achieve 'plug and play' interoperability for VXI and GPIB instruments. As part of the unifying process, VXIplug&play instrument drivers^[3] were also defined.

IVI instrument drivers[edit]

When the IVI Foundation took over the Alliance in 2002, it defined a new generation of instrument drivers to replace the VXIplug&play standard. The IVI instrument driver specification intends to overcome the drawbacks of VXIplug&play. These IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instrumentation) drivers^[4] are currently defined in three different architectures:

The IVI-COM driver architecture^[5] is based on the Microsoft Component Object Model.
The IVI-C drivers are based on C programming language shared components (shared libraries).
The IVI.NET driver architecture was specified in 2010.^[5]^[6] The IVI.NET drivers are based on the .NET framework.

Remote control of instrumentation[edit]

Instrument drivers allow quicker development of remote-control applications for instrumentation. The drivers reduce the difficulty of string formatting when using SCPI commands by providing a well-defined API. The IVI and VXIplug&play Instrument Drivers use the VISA as the hardware abstraction layer so that hardware-independent applications can be developed.

I/O hardware abstraction layer VISA[edit]

The VISA library allows test and measurement equipment to be connected through various hardware interfaces. The following interfaces are available:

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GPIB/IEEE-488
VXI-11^[7] (over TCP/IP)
USB488/USBTMC (USB Test & Measurement), USB Test & Measurement Class Specification^[8]
HiSLIP^[9] (over TCP/IP).

LXI[edit]

The LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard defines the communications protocols for controlling test and measurement systems using Ethernet. The standard requires vendors to offer IVI compliant instrument drivers.

References[edit]

^'IVI Foundation Specifications'. IVI Foundation.
^'VXIplug&play Alliance'. IVI Foundation.
^'VPP-3.1: Instrument Drivers Architecture an Design Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
^'IVI Driver Specifications'. IVI Foundation.
^ ^a^b'IVI-3.1: Driver Architecture Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
^'IVI-3.18: IVI.NET Utility Classes and Interfaces Specification'(PDF). IVI Foundation.
^'VXI-11 Bus Specification'. VXI Bus Consortium.
^'USB Test & Measurement Class Specification'. USB Implementers Forum Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26.
^'IVI-6.1: High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol (HiSLIP)'(PDF). IVI Foundation.

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Almost all of today’s instruments support remote control by a PC. This is usually accomplished by sending ASCII SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands from your development environment to the instrument. While each instrument’s commands are usually well documented, it can become a huge task to understand how all of the commands interact, especially in large test systems.

Instrument drivers provide a higher-level interface that helps to provide a more abstract view of the instrument that is easier to understand. Instrument drivers also provide a common framework, so that a test engineer can move quickly, and productively, between instruments without having to learn everything from scratch.

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