Sloratron 1260 to labview

[rutgers]

I am trying to get the Solartron 1260 Impedance analyzer  to talk to my computer using LabView.

I downloaded the drivers from NI site but the sample Vi's inside also don't seem to be working.

When i try to 'scan for instruments' in the Measurement & Automation Explorer for GPIB connections there is a beep from the device  but the status is shown as not responding.

Does anybody know what specific settings you have to set the 1260  to make it communicate with LabView?

I am new at labview so any help will be appreciated.

[jjp377]

Hi,

The instrument would need to be configured in MAX before using the driver.

As mentioned in this thread it may be a timing issue or the version of the GPIB driver.

What is the version of your GPIB driver?

[rutgers]

thanks for the reply.
I tried finding the driver version by followin the instructions here : http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/at-gpib/quest1.htm
but i couldnt locate the 'diagnostics'  they have mentioned. Is there any other way i can find the driver version.
Also, I have a 4192a HP impedance analyzer which i am able to give commands to using the same GPIB connection.

[jjp377]

Hi,

If you are able to use your HP 4192a through GPIB then it seems it would be a different issue.

You can also find the GPIB driver version by selecting My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager> National Instruments GPIB interface > PCI-GPIB > Properties > Driver > Driver Version

Were you able to configure the HP 4192 in MAX?

[rutgers]

Hi

The driver version is 2.4.0.3500.

I have another thred going  going in the labview forum. http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=267423.

Maybe you can help me better if you look at that.

Thanks for the help

Abhishek

[jjp377]

Hi,

As mentioned by Dennis the instrument needs to be detected by MAX before working with the code in LabVIEW.

If you have LV8.0 you can use the project-style driver, that one has the updated VISA open.

Also as mentioned by Dennis have you tried connecting only the Solartron 1260 to see if it is recognized by MAX?

[rutgers]

HI
I have connected just one instrument at a time to the GPIB. It is showing two instruments when i connect Solartron erroneously for some reason. Also when i connect the HP Anlayzer it shows just one instrument .So yes, solartron is not being recognized by MAX.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Your Solartron is broken. It should never be detected as two different instruments. I think this is a problem for the vendor to solve.