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Driver for HP 1661C Logic analyzer

I'm looking for an instrument driver for an HP1661C logic anlyzer
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Hi,

Unfortunatly we do not have a driver for that instrument at www.ni.com/idnet. We do have some similar instruments such as the 1650B 80-Channel Analyzer. These drivers could be a good place to start at when developing your own driver. We have documentation, model instrument drivers, and driver templates to help at :
http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/development.htm

We also have a syndicate of third party vendors that specialize in National Instruments' products and services. Some of the vendors specialize in driver development. I would suggest contacting one of the Alliance members at:
http://www.ni.com/alliance

An instrument driver is a collection of functions that implement the commands necessary to perform the instrument�s operations. In short
, someone read the instrument user manual and implemented some of the functionality in a program for the end user. Instrument drivers are not necessary to use your instrument.

There are example VI's in LV on Instrument Connectivity. If you go to the Help menu >> Examples.. >> I/O, you will see a couple and Examples.. >> Fundamentals for File and String manipulation. I would suggest tweaking them to suit your application. Also the specific command that your instrument responds to can be found from it's manual.

Some useful resources for your application are
ni.com > NI Developer Zone > Development Library > Instrument Connectivity
http://search.ni.com/?col=alldocs&layout=TechResources&ql=a , to search examples and knowledge bases

Hope this helps!
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Aaron,

Thank you for your response.

The main thing I'm interested is to control the logic anlyzer from my PC. You write "Instrument drivers are not necessary to use your instrument". How can I control the logic from my PC?

Thanks
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