GPIB

[Sze Yuen Cheng]

I am Sze Yuen Cheng from Osram Sylvania Inc. I have a few questions about your NI-488.2 GPIB. I need to use the GPIB to interface a few Xitron Power Analyzer instruments with the computer by using Visual Basic 6, and this is the first time that I am using both Visual Basic and GPIB. I found 2 files from the software CD from NI: one is called Vbibi-32.bas and the other is Niglobal.bas. What are these files? Are they just the initialization and variable definitions for the GPIB hardware? Do I have to include these files with the Visual Basic program in order to communicate between the computer and the instruments through the GPIB? What kinds of documents do I have to read in order to understand NI-GPIB product and write the code by using Visual Basic?

There are two files that I mentioned and I am going to attach these 2 files for your references. Please contact me at sze.cheng@sylvania.com or call at 847-726-6258. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICATION ENGINEER�S CONTACT INFORMATION WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE GPIB PRODUCT AND THE VISUAL BASIC LANGUAGE?

Thank you

Sze

[AaronK]

Hi,

I believe I already answered the VB question posted here: http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=135&HOID=5065000000080000003F800000&UCATEGORY_0=_26_%24_13_&UCATEGORY_S=0&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_0=Sze+Yuen+Cheng&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_S=0.

If you would prefer phone support, go to www.ni.com/ask and generate a phone support request.

Best Regards,
Aaron K.
Application Engineer
National Instruments