Instrument Control (GPIB, Serial, VISA, IVI)

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Basic question about GPIB and VISA

Hi, all,
I have a GPIB card from Advantech named PCI-1670. It only provides GPIB driver for LabVIEW but no VISA library. I also download Tektronix TDS3012B oscilloscope driver for LabVIEW, this driver seems only use VISA function. Does that mean I can not use the Tektronix TDS3012B oscilloscope driver? Instead that I have to use the GPIB driver to control oscilloscope? Thanks.
Tbird
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As I said in your previous post, unless Advantech has a VISA library for their card, you can't use any instrument driver based on VISA. VISA has been the standard for instrument drivers for many years and I don't understand why some GPIB board manufacturers don't provide it. Replacing the VISA calls in an instrument driver isn't difficult - just tedious. Of course, by the time you're done, the money saved on buying a less expensive GPIB board is more than offset by the money spent on paying you to do the conversion.
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