Edit IVI Dmm Step Dialog Box
- Updated2025-07-21
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Edit IVI Dmm Step Dialog Box
Select Edit IVI Dmm in the context menu for the step to launch the Edit IVI Dmm Step dialog box from the TestStand Sequence Editor or a TestStand User Interface . From a user interface, you can also click Edit IVI Dmm on the General tab of the Step Properties dialog box. In the Edit IVI Dmm dialog box, select an operation for the step to perform.
The IVI Dmm step type supports the following options:
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Logical Name
—Selects a logical name or a virtual instrument name you configure in Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX). You can use the buttons to the right of the control to launch the
Expression Browser
dialog box and to launch MAX.
Note
- TestStand does not install IVI-compliant instrument drivers and does not configure any sample logical names in MAX. Refer to the application help for the IVI Instruments category in MAX for more information about where to obtain and how to install IVI-compliant instrument drivers, as well as how to create the logical names IVI step types use.
- All IVI names, such as logical names, virtual names, or channel names, are case-sensitive. If you use logical names, driver session names, or virtual names in the program, you must ensure that the name you use matches the name in the IVI Configuration Store file exactly, without any variations in the case of the characters in the name.
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Operation
—The operation the step performs. The following operations are available when you use the IVI Dmm step type:
- Configure —Configures the instrument to match the state the step specifies.
- Show Soft Front Panel —Displays the soft front panel (SFP) for the instrument.
- Hide Soft Front Panel —Hides the SFP for the instrument.
- Read —Initiates and returns a measurement from the instrument.
- Initiate —Initiates a measurement.
- Fetch —Returns a measured value from a measurement the Initiate operation has started.
- Abort —Cancels the wait for a trigger.
- Send Software Trigger —Sends a software trigger command to trigger the instrument.
- Get Information —Retrieves low-level status and information from the instrument.
- Validate —Launches the Validate IVI Configuration dialog box, in which you can validate the configuration of IVI steps.