Looking for a LV driver for Agilent 8757D Scalar Network Analyzer

[jhodges]

need a labview driver for the agilent 8757D. /B or /C acceptable.

[AaronK]

Hi,

Unfortunately, I was unable to find a driver for the 8757 on either Agilent's website or our own.

I would like you to submit a request for this driver at: http://zone.ni.com/idnet97.nsf/instrumentdriverrequest/ and with the instrument manufacturer. We develop drivers based on demand and popularity so the more requests we have for it, the greater the possibility that we will develop one.
If you would like to try developing your own instrument driver (or modify the existing one), we have documentation, model instrument drivers, and driver templates to help at :
http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/development.htm
We also have a syndicate of third party vendors that specialize in National Instruments' products and services. Some of the vendors specialize in driver development. I would suggest contacting one of the Alliance members at:
http://www.ni.com/alliance

An 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. It is important to understand that you can still use your instrument, you will just have to examine the manual to see what set of commands you need.

There are example VI's in LV on Instrument Connectivity. If you go to the Help menu >> Examples.. >> I/O, you will see a couple and Examples.. >> Fundamentals for File and String manipulation. I would suggest tweaking them to suit your application. Also the specific command that your instrument responds to can be found from it's manual.

Some useful resources for your application are
ni.com > NI Developer Zone > Development Library > Instrument Connectivity
http://search.ni.com/?col=alldocs&layout=TechResources&ql=a , to search examples and knowledge bases

Hope this help!

Best Regards,
Aaron K.
Application Engineer
National Instruments

[GYU]

I'm also looking for the drivers as well.  I am not an expert developer.  I just started learning to use Labview not too long ago.  I only have an old HP 8757B SNA available and I'm trying to interface with it via USB-GPIB for a small project.  Can you tell me if it's in the works? 

Any suggestions?

Thanx

[Dennis_Knutson]

The original post is 4 years old and if NI hasn't developed a driver in that time, it's not too likely they ever will. It's extremely difficult to justify spending so much time on an old instrument when there are so many new ones being introduced. The easiest way to get something running is to use the Instrument I/O Assistant. The ability to create your own driver has also gotten much simpler in the past few years especially with LabVIEW 8.

[GYU]

Thanx...I'm currently using Labview 7.1.  As you said, after all these years, most likely they won't develop one. 

Hopefully, it'll won't be too bad writing my first driver! 😛  Afterwards, still need to run it with conjunction with an Oscillator. (No models picked out yet..any suggestions?)

[faelnpaiva]

   Hi ,,

            Im having problems with 8757D commands .. im needind a command to desactive channel 2 (B) ...

To active i use the command C2  , but to desactive i didnt find ... 

Can u help me ? 

.. And im making some programs in labview to this device , but im comanding him using the sweeper ... But to get the power level , i need to take it in the network , im getting the data ok , but i need desactive the channel 2 and im not finding the command ... 

I can help u if i know and if u need ... But i ll need some help too ....Is missing only desactive the channel 2 ( the command) .... 

Thx 

[Dennis_Knutson]

Language like that is not appropriate.

[Sloppy]

C2;C0; to deactivate channel 2 on an 8757 analyzer

[djpritchard]

Sloppy - I was just reading through this post, and I just find out the hard way, the command you posted.  As it appears you're familiar with the HP Scalar, maybe you can help with my new post:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=140&message.id=42136#M42136

Thanks