*********************** **** Read Me First **** *********************** Version 1.3.0.0 March 7, 2025 Supported Instruments --------------------- PXB10K-50, PXB20K-50, PXB20K-100, PXB20K-250, PXB20K-500, PXB20K-1000, PXB20K-1500 Installation ------------- System Requirements: The driver installation will check for the following requirements. If not found, the installer will either abort, warn, or install the required component as appropriate. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 11 Shared Components Before this driver can be installed, your computer must already have the IVI Shared Components installed. IVI Shared Components version 3.0.2828 or later. The IVI Shared Components installer is available from: http://www.ivifoundation.org/Downloads/SharedComponents.htm VISA-COM Any compliant implementation is acceptable. Typically, VISA-COM is installed with VISA and other I/O library modules. Additional Setup ---------------- .NET Framework The .NET Framework itself is not required by this driver. If you plan to use the driver with .NET, the minimal .NET framework version is 2.0. The .NET Framework requires an interop assembly for a COM server. A Primary Interop Assembly, along with an XML file for IntelliSense is installed with the driver. The driver's PIA, along with IVI PIAs are installed, by default, in: :\Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Bin\Primary Interop Assemblies The PIA is also installed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) if you have the .NET framework installed. Help File --------- The help file (KikusuiPxb.chm) is located in the directory: \IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\kipxb Revision History ---------------- Version Date Notes ------- ------------ ----- 0.1.0.0 Mar 01, 2023 Preview release 1.0.0.0 Mar 13, 2023 1st Public release 1.1.0.0 Sep 13, 2023 Add VMCB/DIAG command 1.2.0.0 Sep 19, 2023 Add 100V/250V Model 1.3.0.0 Mar 07, 2025 Add 10kW-50V Model Driver Source Code ------------------------------- The driver source code is located in the directory: \IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\kipxb\Source Building the source code requires Visual Studio 2017 or greater. - To build the driver source code from Visual Studio: 1. Open the KikusuiPxbDriver.vcxproj file in Visual Studio 2. Execute the Build command. 3. Save the solution file (.sln) when closing the project, if desired. - To build the driver source code from the command line: 1. Open a Visual Studio command prompt 2. Navigate to the source folder 3. Type "msbuild KikusuiPxbDriver.vcxproj" NOTE: After building the source code, a number of intermediate build files are naturally emitted as part of the build process. Since these build files were not deployed by the driver installer, they will NOT be removed if the driver is uninstalled, and the Source folder will remain after uninstallation. This folder can be safely removed manually, if desired. IVI Compliance -------------- IVI-COM/IVI-C IviDCPwr Specific Instrument Driver IVI Instrument Class: IviDCPwr IviDCPwrMeasurement yes IviDCPwrSoftwareTrigger yes IviDCPwrTrigger yes Optional Features: Interchangeability Checking no State Caching no Coercion Recording no Driver Identification: Vendor: Kikusui Description: PXB Series Revision: 1.3 Component Identifier: KikusuiPxb Hardware Information: Instrument Manufacturer: Kikusui Supported Instrument Models: PXB10K-50, PXB20K-50, PXB20K-100, PXB20K-250, PXB20K-500, PXB20K-1000, PXB20K-1500 Supported Bus Interfaces: LAN, USB, Serial 32-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 11 Support Software Required: VISA Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver. 64-bit Software Information: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 11 Support Software Required: VISA Source Code Availability: Source code included with driver.