Fig. 10.4: Ni-Visa 5.4; Fig. 10.5: Ni-Visa Installation Instructions; Fig. 10.6: Ni-Visa Feature Installation Locally; Fig. 10.7: Setup Menu - R&S HMC804x Benutzerhandbuch

You need to first install the NI-VISA drivers on your Windows
system. Please download the most recent version of the
NI-VISA driver package. Extract the previously downloaded
driver package and follow the installation instructions.
Below please find an example for NI-VISA 5.4.1:

Fig. 10.4: NI-VISA 5.4.1

Select "Next" to start the installation and follow the
installation instructions.

Fig. 10.5: NI-VISA installation instructions

Fig. 10.6: NI-VISA feature installation locally

In this step, please select "NI-VISA xxx --> Leave this fea-
ture and its subfeatures installed locally" (Fig. 10.6).
Now that you have successfully installed the NI-VISA
drivers, you can switch your HMC804x power supply to
the USB-TMC interface. Select the SETUP menu of your
R&S®HMC804x, and choose INTERFACE.

Fig. 10.7: Setup menu

Use the soft key to select "USB". The following message
will be displayed.

Fig. 10.8: Interface menu

The main view will now display "TMC" as selected inter-
face type.

Fig. 10.9: TMC display

Finally, use a USB interface cable (type A – B) to connect
the power supply with your Windows PC. On the first use,
the operating system issues the following message:
"Found New Hardware". Once the installation has been
successfully completed, the following message will be
Remote Control
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