Keithley 2400 Rear I/O

[blaffie]

Good Day

I am new to LabVIEW and instrument control.  I am trying to achieve the following using LabVIEW and a Keithley 2400 SourceMeter:  

- Apply a constant current for a given amount of time and then switch the current source off

- This must be done using the rear I/O

- After a given amout of time a negative current must be applied

How can I achieve this using LabVIEW?  

[Dennis_Knutson]

Have you installed the driver for it with Help> Find Instrument Drivers? There is example code that comes with it in Help> Find Examples under Hardware Input and Output.

[crossrulz]

First download the drivers as Dennis already said.  After that, I highly recommend reading up on the State Machine.  But before you go to write your program, figure out how to do what you want with the sourcemeter using the buttons.  Write down each step you took.  From there, you will have a good step-by-step baseline of what you will have to do in your code.