Getting unknown VISA errors when trying to communicate with a Tektronix TDS210

[Murphy_UCSF]

I'm trying to link my Tektronix TDS 210 to a laptop via a USB/GPIB-B connector. I keep getting error codes that don't seem to be standard VISA errors, typically generated during the first couple of sub VI's. Some of the codes I've seen: -1073807346 and -1073807195.

Some of the demonstration VI's will work intermittantly but not consistantly. Any help would be appreciated.

[Ray K]

Hello,
Those error codes are usually generated when a session is not valid, the instrument is not at the primary address specified, or the instrument is not on. (You can paste error codes into the utility at Help>>Explain error code in LabVIEW) Make sure you have only one driver installed. If you have LabVIEW 6.0.2, NI-488.2 ver 1.6 installs with it as part of the complete install.

If you have LabVIEW 6.1 or later, try installing the GPIB-USB-B on another machine. If it does not work on the other machine, then it may need to be repaired or replaced.

Ray K
NI Applications Engineer

[madphoenix]

I have gotten the second error when my GPIB card wasn't configured in MAX. What originally happened was that I uninstalled the driver and then installed a later version of NI-488.2. Then I ran an instrument driver and got this error. All I had to do was go into MAX, scan for instruments, and confirm that I could communicate to the instrument.