Creating and using a VI to control a 488.2 device

[AviTian]

I am trying to control an IEEE 488.2 device using labview. I connected a usb GPIB controller to the device and I am recieving signals on the Measurement and Instrumentation explorer. Now, I want to develop a VI on Labview that reads values from the device and uses them. How do I use the device driver/VISA/example GPIB vi ect. to do this?

[DiegoF]

Hi,

This is a very generic question, so I won't go into too much details.

First, you should look in www.ni.com/idnet and seartch for any available instrument driver for your instruments. If you find them you can program using the high level functions the driver provides.

If you can find the driver, you'll need the instrument's programming manual. This manual will tell you the commands necessary to operate the instrument.

To actually send the commands (Instrument I/O) you can use either the VISA library or the GPIB VIs. We recommend using the VISA library.

You can find example programs and information at NI Developer Zone. Search for visa gpib

Hope this helps.

DiegoF
National Instruments.