Differences in VISA Resource Names

[deruitda]

Hello All,

I am brand new to developing against any kind of hardware, so some of these questions might seem somewhat silly to many of you. I just got my Advantech USB-4761 configured to work in my environment using the NI-VISA driver-wizard and NI-MAX. I created the driver in the wizard, installed it and it shows up in MAX. Great. However when I try to run the 'VISA Test Panel' against my USB device, I get the following error: 

Now after looking at my VISA resource name, I realized mine is suffixed with the word RAW (USB0::0x1809::0x4761::NI-VISA-40006::RAW). The customer I am developing this for has a VISA resource name that is suffixed with INSTR (USB0::0x05E6::0x2110::1415235::INSTR). I have looked all over the place and have been unable to find a good reason for the error I am receiving, but could it have to do with the suffixes on the VISA resource names?

Thanks

[mkossmann]

According to the device IDs your customer is using a Keithley 2110 multimeter, which is known to be an USBTMC device and speaking SCPI. Which includes the IDN? Command.

The Advantech USB-4761 is according to its documentation neither an USBTMC device nor does it speak SCPI. However you are supposed to use the Windows driver and the DAQNavi SDK to access it.

[JÞB]

I'd search Advantech's website for LabVIEW