Instrument Driver for HP 54120B

[Mousumi]

I wish to find a Labview driver for HP 54120 B digitizing oscilloscope.. I have found 54120A and installed it, and when I initiatize I get the error -1223. Is there a particular driver for 54120B that is available.. thus far search at NI has yielded none. Any help out there?

Mousumi

[drkovrlord]

Mousumi,

I searched for the driver as well, and found a link for a HP 54120A driver. It is a plug and play driver, which means you can get to the underlying VISA code if a few modifications are needed. Hope this helps, I was also unable to find a driver directly for the HP 54120B. Good luck!

<-*DrkOvrlord*->

[Marni]

Hello Mousumi. Thank you for contacting National Instruments. If a specific driver is not on ni.com we recommend looking at the website of the instrument's vendor (HP). Also, we have a Driver Development Kit that will help you build a driver for the instrument. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Have a great day!

Marni S.
National Instruments

[Mousumi]

Hello,

Thanks for your suggestion. Could you please let me know how should we be able to develop the driver using the driver development kit? I mean, in what language do I have to write the codes for the driver and the difficulty level involved? I would also like to know the cost of that driver development tool kit. I appreciate your help in this matter. Thank you.

Regards,

Mousumi

[Marni]

Hello Mousumi. I have been thinking about your situation and have come up an option that is easier than the Driver Development Kit. The IVI Driver Development Wizard in CVI/LabWindows has a template for creating an IVI driver. There is a tutorial called "Improving Test Performance through Instrument Driver State Management" that goes into some detail of how to use the wizard.(http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/D3132E0AA9D5E88C8625680A005B64C4?opendocument#6)Prices for CVI/LabWindows can be found at ni.com. Please let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps! Have a great day!

Marni S.
National Instruments