I used LabVIEW 5.1 with TEKTRONIX AD007 visa32.dll and I'm unable to do so with LabVIEW 6i. Why?

[zep]

After LabVIEW5.1 I had to install TEKVISA to overwrite NI's visa32.dll with TEKTRONICS' own visa32.dll and it was ok. With LabVIEW6i it doesn't work at all. Due to that, I'd also like to know if both verions can be installed at the same time.

[pavanb]

Hello:

What is the GPIB board that you are using to communicate with your instrument? Do you have the latest VISA & GPIB version? You can download the latest visa driver from ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/visa/drivers/win32/2.5/ and GPIB driver from http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/versions.htm. What is the error that you get when you use NI's VISA.dll ?

Aslo I found a couple of other knowledge bases (KB) that relate to your question. "KB 20KCIS7Z : How Can I Use an HPIB Board with LabVIEW?" http://ae.natinst.com/operations/ae/public.nsf/fca7838c4500dc10862567a100753500/e56d3d4866be0a8a86256942006626f0?OpenDocument

Hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know.

-NI support

[Rob Cole]

Interesting. I wanted to look at this HPIB article since I'm using HPIB boards, but all I am getting is "Unable to locate the server ae.natinst.com". Is there another URL that is open to the public that I can find this on?

Rob

[zep]

Hello,

The interface is a Tektronics AD007 GPIB-LAN adapter. The error happens when I try to open a VISA session to any equipment connected to that interface and its code is VI_ERROR_SYSTEM_ERROR.

The link you provided doesn't work since ae.natinst.com is not available.

[zep]

Hello again,

I've installed the NI-VISA 2.5.2 patch and created a new TCP/IP Resource under Devices and Interface on NI-MAX as

VXI-11 / 10.0.2.24:GPIB2::INSTR

When I try to test it NI-MAX always returns an error. If I disregard this error and try to connect to it under LabVIEW 6, it returns

-1073807342 / VI_ERROR_INV_RSRC_NAME

What can be wrong?