General Page, New IVI-C Driver Wizard

The driver name is the primary identifier for the IVI-C driver project. Many names associated with the driver will be based on the driver name. The driver project name, the IVI Configuration Store entries, and other items are based on this entry. Importantly, the driver DLL itself is not based on this name; rather, the driver DLL is named according to the driver Prefix setting.

The instrument manufacturer is used to identify the manufacturer of the instrument for which the driver is being written. This entry is used in the IVI Configuration Store registration as well as in the implementation of the INSTRUMENT_MANUFACTURER attribute.

The driver vendor identifies the company responsible for development and support of the driver. This entry is used in the IVI Configuration Store registration as well as in the implementation of the SPECIFIC_DRIVER_VENDOR attribute.

The name of the instrument model for which the driver is being written. The driver must be able to use this string to identify the actual connected instrument during driver initialization, such as through the use of a "*IDN?" query. See the topic Customizing the Initialization and Shutdown Sequence for information on identifying the connected model.

If the driver is to support multiple instrument models, enter one of the most common models here. The Models Page of the Driver Settings Editor can be used to add models to the driver. See the topic Adding Support for Multiple Instrument Models for more information on multi-model drivers.