IDN? returns almost right answer

[Ufilippozzi]

Currently trying to control a Keithley 2182A NI input/output interface. 

The usual python script that controls the system failed. After checking rom the NI input/output panel I found that the instruments spits out "almost right" answers. 

when asked for voltage would respond with special characters and even the IDN command seems to fail, see below:

query : "*IDN?"

out : "KEIDHLEI\sINCDBEMENDC\sINC.,MODEL\s"!("A,$$)\s"'&,C\s(/B\s!\s\s\n"

Changing the view type does not fix the issue.

Looks like this could be an encoding issue, however I could not find other posts with a similar issue.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Best, 

Ulderico Filippozzi 

[crossrulz]

What bus are you using to communicate with this instrument?  It looks like this device could be RS-232 or GPIB (IEEE-488.2).

Your error seems related to have a bad GPIB connection, usually caused by too long of cables.