Enabling the NI-VISA Passport for Tulip

This page applies only to 32-bit VISA. You do not need to enable the NI-VISA Passport for Tulip for 64-bit VISA programs.

For National Instruments software to recognize Keysight hardware, you must enable the NI-VISA Passport for Tulip. This is a software module included with NI-VISA for support of Keysight hardware, and is not enabled by default. Use the National Instruments Measurement and Automation Explorer (NI MAX) to enable the Passport for Tulip.

In versions 3.0 and later of NI MAX, you can do this as follows:

1. Start NI MAX.
   
   
2. Click Tools > NI-VISA > VISA Options.
   
   
3. Select Passports in the tree view.
   
   
4. Select the Passport for Tulip check box.
   
   
5. Click Save to save your settings.
   
   
6. Exit NI MAX, wait a few seconds, and restart NI MAX. (You must restart NI MAX for your changes to take effect.)

For specific details for your version of NI MAX, refer to NI's documentation.