Goodway/Instek scope driver installation

[tycho75]

Hi

I'm currently trying to make a Goodway/Instek scope (GDS-1152A) work with LabView 2009 on Win XP.

I installed the USB driver and I can see the scope in the "Find a driver" utility of LabView, but there is no corresponding driver.

So I went to GW/Instek web site and I downloaded what they call "LabView Driver". (Link to this page.)

I then get a directory called DSO with a LabView project of the same name and several other files.

After having searched everywhere for long hours, I found that maybe the DSO thing is already installed. Is it correct ?

Now, as my scope is not recognized in LabView, I think there is something else to do, probably with MAX and IVI. But for this, I didn't find any instructions anywhere...

Do you know if there is a step by step tutorial explaining this kind of procedure ?

Thanks for the help !

Cheers,

JB

[smercurio_fc]

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@tycho75 wrote:

Hi

I'm currently trying to make a Goodway/Instek scope (GDS-1152A) work with LabView 2009 on Win XP.

I installed the USB driver and I can see the scope in the "Find a driver" utility of LabView, but there is no corresponding driver.

So I went to GW/Instek web site and I downloaded what they call "LabView Driver". (Link to this page.)

I then get a directory called DSO with a LabView project of the same name and several other files.

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Did you place the folder in the National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\instr.lib directory?

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After having searched everywhere for long hours, I found that maybe the DSO thing is already installed. Is it correct ?

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I'm not quite sure I understand this question, as I don't know what you mean by the "DSO thing". The USB driver is needed for Windows to recognize the device and consequently LabVIEW. Have you verified that Windows sees the device via Device Manager?

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Now, as my scope is not recognized in LabView, I think there is something else to do, probably with MAX and IVI. But for this, I didn't find any instructions anywhere...

Do you know if there is a step by step tutorial explaining this kind of procedure ?

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You would definitely not need IVI, since the driver does not use IVI. In MAX the device should show up in the My System -> Devices and Interfaces -> USB Devices. Does nothing show up here? Sometimes uninstalling the driver and reinstalling fixes the issue. Have you tried rebooting? Shouldn't be necessary, but we're talking about Windows here.

[tycho75]

Thanks for the answer !

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Did you place the folder in the National Instruments\LabVIEW 2009\instr.lib directory?

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Yes.

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Have you verified that Windows sees the device via Device Manager?

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Yes. The USB driver is properly installed.

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In MAX the device should show up in the My System -> Devices and Interfaces -> USB Devices. Does nothing show up here? Sometimes uninstalling the driver and reinstalling fixes the issue. Have you tried rebooting?

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I don't even have a "USB Devices" line in the menu on the left.

I tried to reboot and it didn't help.

By "reinstalling the driver", do you mean remove the directory DSO from instr.lib ?

[Dennis_Knutson]

No, the USB driver.

According to the 'Freewave' installation guide, the USB driver should appear as a new com port. Do you see a new one listed under 'Ports' in windows device manager?

I would also suggest that you contact the vendor. It's their instrument and driver.

[tycho75]

Ok, I removed the USB driver and re-installed it.

Nothing shows up in MAX, but still, I have the driver in "Instrument IO" palette in LabView !

Thanks for your help !!

[Dennis_Knutson]

Whether or not the driver shows up in the LabVIEW palette is totally irrelevant. The instrument driver is just a set a VIs and the presence is because you put them there.

Since the USB driver you installed does not seem to create anything in MAX, you might be installing the wrong driver. Did you look at the instructions I mentioned? Did you try that driver? Did you contact the vendor?

One last question - do you actually have NI-VISA installed? What version?

[tycho75]

Ok, I understand. I'm going to contact the vendor now.

NI-VISA version 4.5.1 is installed.

[smercurio_fc]

The driver in the "Instrument I/O" palette is separate. I had not looked at the actual USB driver, but based on looking at the INF file it appears that it would install as a serial COM port. So, do see an additional COM port in the My Systems -> Devices and Interfaces -> Serial and Parallel. Serial devices are not automatically detected by MAX. You need to note which COM port shows up and select that in the VISA resource name control on the VIs.

[tycho75]

Hi,

Yes, I see the COM port and I just tried one of the example VIs and it works fine.

Thanks !