GPIB/PCI controller card compatiblity (Novocontrol NovoGPIB)

[Corbeau_Mort]

Hello, 

I am developing a VI to control a NovoCool Cryosystem (from NovoControl) with Labview 2011 through  a GPIB controller from the same constructor.

My problem is that the controller doesn't appear in MAX and therefore I can't communicate with my device (for now I am just trying a GPIB write/read sequence).

The card is name NovoGPIB and is said to follow 488.2 protocols.

I tried removing the constructor driver, installing the NI 488.2.exe utility, and also installing every additional labview components i could find, but nothing seems to be working.

I also can't find any NovoControl related driver on NI website. (The company doesn't seems to enjoy people not willing to buy their overexpensive software).

Please help me, I am desperate. Well not complety desperate, i know that in last resort i can still buy a GPIB controller from NI but i would be very grateful if someone here could help me find a solution that doesn't involve buy anything.

Thank you in advance for the time you might spend helping me 

[Albert.Geven]

You can always communicate from labview with the novocontrol gpib card.
If novo control has a driver that can interface with c or basic it also can interface with labview.
MAX only knows about ni hardware or tulip compatible gpib interfaces
I would ask novocontrol.....

[Corbeau_Mort]

Thanks for your quick answer.

The novoGPIB is supposed to be c/c++ compatible. It appears correctly in WinXP hardware manager yet i don't know how to declare it so that i can use labview gpib functions.

Could you give me a clue as where to look to make it work?

Thanks again 

[Albert.Geven]

You can'use labviews gpib functions. You should call novocontrols functions.
Labview perfectly can use c-dll calls

[HoussamK]

Hi

have a look at this

GPIB Instrument Control Tutorial

[Corbeau_Mort]

Thank you all for your assistance.

Solved the problem by buying a NI USB/GPIB adapter... plug'n'play works perfectly.

Novocontrol indeed didn't wish their hardware to be LV compatible.

[HoussamK]

🙂

I wish you much success