GPIB driver errors

[Ala Ayesh]

Hello,

I have this error on the initialization of the driver, so i wasn't able to check any other functions.

The attached file shows a screen shot for the error and am starting to think that it is related to the GPIB board that am using because am using a CEC PCI GPIB board not ni GPIB board so is it the reason for the problem???

thanks a lot.

[Ala Ayesh]

Hello,

sorry this is the correct screen shot for the error, the previous message wasn't the right one:

[Adam G]

Hello,

Are you able to communicate with your device use the VISA test panels in Measurement & Automation Explorer? Also I see you are using Visual Basic to program your device. What steps did you go through to create a wrapper for this driver, since the only driver we provide online is for CVI?

Best Regards,

Adam G 

[Ala Ayesh]

Hello,

I was able to create the .vb file from the .fp file using measurement studio, also i had to create the dll using labwindows/cvi and added this dll to the debug folder of my application, according to what Mr.Christopher said. In this way i was able to make the function generator driver work  just fine, with only some modifications i wrote about it here before. but i still have a problem with the oscilloscope.

I can't communicate with my device using test panel because i can't communicate with the GPIB board, my board is a cec pci GPIB board, and i think the problem that i have has some thing to do with this fact???? do you have any idea about how to make this device work with visa test panels or how to be able to communicate with it using visa commands???

thanks for your help.

[Adam G]

Are you able to communicate with the device with the software that came with it? Also are you able to communicate with the device using just CVI and not Visual Studio?

Best Regards,

Adam G 

[Ala Ayesh]

Hello,

Yes i can communicate with my device using the command line, and also using visual studio with the commands of my board such as send, receive and so.

am trying to communicate with the oscilloscope now using SCPI and gpib commands, i was able to set all parameters correctly but i have a problem when i try to read the data trace using the transmit and rarray commands, i can not receive any thing do you know what is the problem??

thanks.

[Adam G]

Are you able to communicate with this device just using CVI, not using the wrapper you created? Are you able to send these commands in CVI to your instrument?

Best Regards,

Adam G 

[Ala Ayesh]

Hello,

actually i didn't because am very new in using cvi so i don't know how to use it to communicate with my device!!!

thanks.

[Adam G]

Hello,

You can follow this link to give your 3rd party device a VISA aliases that you can reference in your program. You will not be able to use GPIB commands though in order to communicate with your device, only VISA commands.

Best Regards,

Adam G