Hi,
Our lab normally use Agilent GPIBLAN gateways (sorry for mentioning this) and I have used those to communicate with GPIB instruments without problems before. I have had to a NI GPIB-ENET 1000 gateway recently (new to our lab) and I thought it would be more or less a 'drop-in' replacement but I can't seem to be able to communicate with GPIB instruments with it. I have followed the hook up instructions (as per online pdf), installed the NI software (NIVISA1501full.exe) from ni.com and although I can ping the gateway device, I cannot communicate with GPIB instruments connected to it (a simple Agilent 34401A DMM). For the record, again, I can do this in a snap with the other vendor product. I have used the NI MAX tool to try and troubleshoot but it won't let me add a GPIB ENET 1000 interface. The end goal is to use in conjunction with Matlab as all of our lab test scripts are Matlab).
What am I missing? Can you help me troubleshoot this so I can use your device?
Regards,
EricEng