NI-MAX doesn't even have a "scan for instruments" button

[Seanzies93]

For some reason that I can't figure out, when I'm trying to run NI-MAX to detect instruments through a GPIB-USB cable, the computer can detect that I have a cable connected, but not the intrument I've connected the cable to. Even worse, there's not even a button anywhere in the program that I can find that allows me to scan for the instrument, like there's supposed to be.

A little more info:

I'm using an Agilent 82357B cable and I've already installed the current keysight IO Library, which is how I got the program to detect the cable to begin with. The cable reads ready at the end (where as it read as fail before, which is how I know the program acknowledges the cable's existance). The instruments I'm attempting to use are all Agilent instruments, and I'm using the E3631A power source to test. I've also installed the driver for the instrument in the instr.lib folder, as some other tutorials and my mentor has recommended. I'm also using windows 8, which could be the reason why, but I'm hoping it isn't.

Thanks for the help and advice in advance

[Dennis_Knutson]

You'd have all of those options if you used an NI controller. To get them with the agilent, you have to enable tulip support. The instructions from agilent detail what you need to do.

Installing instrument drivers has absolutely nothing to do with detecting the instruments in MAX. Your mentor has probably never used MAX.

[Seanzies93]

It's true, usually my mentor doesn't deal with these types of programs and deligates it to us to do. He was just making suggestions that could help.

That being besides the fact, I've already enabled tulip support, and I've still got this problem. Enabling tulip is what allowed the computer to recognize the agilent GPIB-USB cable, but it doesn't help at all with the actualy instrument detection. At least for this computer, anyways.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Then check your versions of agilent VISA and NI-VISA and make sure the NI-VISA is primary.

Any other details that you should have put in your original question?

[Seanzies93]

They're both the most recent editions and upon installing I made sure that the Agilent-VISA was secondary to the NI-VISA.

I don't know if there's any more information I should have put in the original post; if I knew it was necessary, I would have already posted it. As far as I know, I don't think there is any more relevant information.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Sorry, just being a bit snide. The tulip option should have been in the original question and perhaps the actual version numbers. In any case, can you attach an image of what MAX is showing?

[Seanzies93]

Well I'm sorry, that's my fault for not being proactive (would that be the word? anyway).

I've included a screenshot below. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't think I've ever seen an instrument listed all by itself like that. It had been a while since I've had to use an agilent controller though. What, if anything is listed under miscellaneous? What does the agilent utility do?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Seanzies93 wrote:

Well I'm sorry, that's my fault for not being proactive (would that be the word? anyway).

I've included a screenshot below. 

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I am not seeing what the problem is. The instrument and the adapter will show up as entries under Miscellaneous VISA Resources.

I use the 82357B with Windows 8.1 Professional on this work laptop.

To save you headaches later. You will need to use LabVIEW 32-bit for development if you want to use the 82357B.

[Seanzies93]

Well under those tabs the GPIB cables also don't display an option to scan for instruments either. The Miscellaneous VISA Resources still only detect the cable and not the instrument itself. 

Also, I'm running the 32-bit version of Labview already, also on Windows 8.1.