USB to RS232 (NI adaptor or not)
Hi:I have to use a USB-RS232 adapter to link my notebook to a device for the controlling.The controlling will be done through LabView with the VISA library.However, I found the price for USB-RS232...
View ArticlecRIO VISA port forwarding
I am trying to access the Serial port of my cRIO-9067 from the host computer to program the Amulet display. I have found the following document which is suitable for this application:...
View Article32 bit byte swap
Hello, I'm trying to read data from Agilent OSA that output the data in 32 bit number through GPIB interface. if the bytes are numberd as 0, 1 , 2, and 3 - I need to swap 0 and 3, 1 and 2. that is: to...
View ArticleDebugging intermittent Timeouts GPIB
Hi All, I am at wit's end trying to debug an intermittent timeout in GPIB communications in a system involving a wafer prober and and Keithley 237 source-measure instrument. System is a basic...
View ArticleNI VisaNS dll released with NI=-488.2 Rev 15 references an older NI Common dll
It seems that NI VisaNS 13.0.40.167 references Common DLL revision 13.0.40.188 whereas the Common DLL that comes with rev 15 of 8/2015 is at 15.0.14.49154. This causes the warning message:Found...
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"The interface associated with this session is not currently the controller...
Hi all, I have an Agilent 82357B GPIB/USB interface and I'm trying to use it to communicate with a Tektronix AFG310 Function Generator (FG). I've used another Agilent 82357A in the past (like, earlier...
View ArticleRandom Timeout Error - 1073807339 using Tektronix TDS 200 1000 2000 Series...
I am trying to take waveform measurements from a Tektronix 1052B oscilloscope using LabVIEW. My program is intended to be run for hours at a time, and it works perfectly as expected for the first few...
View ArticleDll reference not working on different computers
I am trying to use Visual Studio 2010 to control some instruments over a GPIB connection using Visual Basic. I have the code working properly onVS2013 running a 4.5 framework, but I'm required to have...
View ArticleHP 8902 addressing issue
Hi, I currently have an automation file in VB that communicates with various types of equipment using the visa interface commands, I am having trouble in writing to the 8902 as it is fairly old and...
View Articleusing i driver with QT
Hi,We are developing an application with QT and we need to use NI ivi driver in our application. the ".h" file is included to the project and the ".lib" file is linked to the project. We can compile...
View ArticlePCI-GPIB perkin elmer 300 windows 7 error
Hello, I'm not expecting much on this since we are trying to do the impossible but here it goes. We recently started having issues with our Windows 7 32 bit OS connecting to our perkin elmer 300 via...
View ArticleCan you change the device type from "USB Raw Resource" to GPIB controller?
I am trying to configure a Contec GP-IB(USB)FL GPIB controller in MAX. I was able to get it to register through creating a driver from the VISA driver wizard, but it is registering as a "USB Raw...
View Article778032 MTBF
Does anyone have the Ground/Benign MTBF for the 778032-01 PCI-to-GPIB card? I need it for a Spares requirements analysis.
View ArticleDifference between NI GPIB-USB-HS+ and NI GPIB-USB-HS
I would like to know the difference between GPIB USB HS+ and HS (without the +)Seems to me that the HS has no on board GPIB analyzer but has a GPIB ASIC Chip.Main difference would be the speed, which...
View ArticleVISA read timeout error--- Keithley 2460
Hi all, I am trying to control a Keithley 2460 Sourcemeter through USB to source a current and read the value of this output current.I took an example code from the library "Keithley 2450 read single",...
View ArticleNI4882 Device Write Issue. Have to double write or I get a timeout.
Hi,I'm trying to interface with a HP 3497A Option 110.This is my code: try { _dev = new Device(boardIndex, 9); _dev.Clear(); _dev.Reset();...
View ArticlePrior proscan not responding
Hello everyone, I have a prior proscan H29XY controller. I wrote a simple program to move the stage and take a video using a camera for a fixed amount of time. The program works well but sometimes the...
View ArticleWireless network on Windows
As soon as I connect my laptop to c-RIO using a lan network cable, I lose my wireless connectivity on windows. How do I resolve this issue? Thanks for any pointers.Vishal
View ArticleSensirion SFM3000 via Sensirion USB Stick
Issue:I'm trying to connect to a Sensirion SFM3000 Gas Flow Meter using their USB Stick (made by Code Mercenaries?). The SFM3000 is an I2C device. Progress:I can read from the device using the...
View ArticleGetting Yokogawa WT210 to Interact with LabVIEW (or anything for that matter)
Hey all, I have a Yokogawa WT210 power meter that I'm trying to read from. I downloaded the Yokogawa drivers for the device from Labview's built in Instrument Driver finder, and can pull up the...
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