Granville-Phillips 358 Micro-Ion Gauge Controller

[Mosey]

I need to use LabVIEW to control a Granville-Phillips 358 Micro-Ion Gauge Controller via RS-232. Has anyone already done this?

[Burban]

Mosey,

I couldn't find a LabVIEW instrument driver, so it looks like you will want to program the controller using NI-VISA. The manual for this instrument is really good, I have attached it to my post. Chapter 2 has the supported serial settings and Chapter 5 has the serial commands. Make certain that you are using a carriage return and a line feed as the terminator for each ASCII string you send the device.

Depending on your LabVIEW and VISA experience, I would recommend starting out programming this instrument using one of the serial examples such as Basic Serial Read & Write which can be accessed from Help»Example Finder.  I have also posted some links that might be helpful for someone new to VISA.

NI-VISA Overview

NI-VISA Programmer's Reference Manual

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

[Mosey]

Ben, Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at the links you provided.

[Albert.Geven]

Hi

I made some vi's for a  series 370 stabil-ion

maybe a starting point

these are in LV7.1 and I'm going to use them again next month.