GPIB Commands for the Blackstar 4503 Multimeter

[DavidMorgan1976]

Hi All,
Recently I found a redundant Blackstar 4503 multimeter
which is useful for measuring voltages in the system I'm currently developing.
I'm trying to communicate with it through my control software using NIGPIB.
I've worked out how to write to it but I can't figure out any of the read commands. I've got the original manual but there's no GPIB command set information.
Blackstar got bought out by Thurlby Thandar Instruments (TTi) in the late 90's,
so you can't get any info on the instrument or on the WEB.

I was wondering if any fellow developers knew any of the GPIB commands for the instrument, especially the read commands, or if you had any ideas.

I presume thousands of these instruments were sold in the
UK.

Many thanks in advance.

Best Regards
Dave Morgan

[KelvinChan]

Dave,

I know its really a long time ago but I found this posting when I tried googling for Blackstar 4503. I am trying to find some way to communicate to the Blackstar 4503 DMM in order to log the measured voltage data.

It's been a few years but did you manage to solve the problem? Appreciate any feedback or advice you have. Thanks in advance!

Kelvin Chan

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Limited info re GPIB here, if it helps

http://www.datasheets.org.uk/search.php?q=Blackstar+4503&sType=desc&ExactDS=Starts