Requesting Drivers for HP 6034A Power Supply.

[jtevans]

I would like like to find some simple drivers for the HP 6034A power supply. Initialize, write, and read would suffice.

Thanks,
jevans

[Kamran S.]

There is a LabVIEW and a LabWindows/CVI instrument driver for the 6032a and 6035a and that series of power supplies.

You can find them by visiting www.ni.com/idnet and going to downloads and searching for Manufacturer=Agilent and InstrumentType=Power Supply.

If this instrument is similar in nature (which the name would indicate) it may be worthwhile to just try these drivers.

I did take a look at the LabVIEW driver and in the Initialize VI it is explicitly looking for the model name and the 6034a is not included. So when you try using the VI it's probably a good idea to turn off ID Querying and see what happens.

A lot of times an instrument driver written for a specific model in a family will work for other models with minor alterations.
Best of lu
ck,
Kamran

[jtevans]

Thank you for the input. The 6034A is older than the 6032 and 6035 and therefore it doesn't have the same interface commands/structure (ie *?IDN does not work). But maybe I can modifiy those drivers to get them to function correctly. Still, if you know of any drivers, don't hesitate to post them.

Thanks,
jevans.

[KUTINJ]

I also need GPIB driver for HP 6034A. Have you found any working solution to this day.

Thank you for any information,
Jokut

[lv_user]

Hi, I have the very same problem, the driver for the newer 603x supplies does not work with the discontinued 6034.

I was not able so far to obtain a manual, so I have no clue on the programming instructions, to try to build my own driver.

Anyone has knowledge of at least the most basic initialization and voltage programming instructions?

Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Daniel