I have a laser power analyser, model Coherent Fieldmaster GS which is able to plot out the trend of power vs time. I would like to know how do I read this output or communicate with the analyzer using the RS-232 serial port using Labview program.
Open the serial example program that ships with LabVIEW at: Help»Examples»I/O Interfaces»serial»serial communication. Set the port to the one your instrument is attached to and refer to your instrument's user manual for a valid query or command to send. Set "bytes to read" to the number of characters you expect for a response. Ray K
