Compatibility between NI GPIB-PCII/IIA and HP 89532A UV-Vis software

[jannuc]

Hi:

I'm trying to use a NI GPIB-PCII/IIA with a HP 8452A UV-vis spectrophotometer with a DOS based software (HP 89532A UV-Vis software Rev A.00.00) but it doesn't recognize the card. I have no trouble when  I work with the HP-IB board. ¿Can anyone tell me if this boards are compatible?

Thanks

Jannu Casanova

[McKala[DE]]

Hi Jannu,

I'm not familier with the HP 89532A UV Vis software, but in HP Basic for Windows the GPIB drivers are loaded using the LOAD BIN command, plus parameters defining the card type, the base address, the interrupt level, the interface select code (ISC - a number used by Basic to identify the interface), and whether the card is system or nonsystem controller. 

If your GPIB-PCII/IIA card is set to PCIIA mode and has the default settings, you can load the driver as:

LOAD BIN "GPIBN;BOARD PC2A BASE 2E1 INT 7 SYS"

If you get "Error 167 - INTERFACE STATUS ERROR"

[McKala[DE]]

Continued from above:

"ERROR 167 - INTERFACE STATUS ERROR" this can result from a syntax error. 

If this does not work, I would recommend contacting Agilent's Chemical Help for more assistance.