HP8569B - Show Display In LabVIEW

[C.D.]

Hi,

I want to show the display-content of a HP 8569B (a very old device with HP-IB-Interface) on frontpanel of a LabVIEW-VI.

In the "Instrument Driver Network" of "NI Developer Zone" no driver are available for this old device.

Has anybody a solution or a tip?

Thank You in advance.

[pavanb]

I would suggest tweaking a similar traditional instrument driver from http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/default.htm and using the getting started vi. There's documentation, model instrument drivers, and driver templates at :
http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/development.htm

An traditional instrument driver is a collection of functions that implement the commands necessary to perform the instrument�s operations. In short, someone read the instrument user manual and implemented some of the functionality in a program for the end user. Instrument drivers are not necessary to use your instrument. They are merely time savers to help you develop your project so you do not need to study the manual before writing a program. With all of this work already done for you in th
e driver, instrument drivers can significantly reduce development time.