Stanford Research SR530 LabView driver (RS232)?

[vitvip]

Hi!

Is there really no such thing as LV driver for SR530 connected not via GPIB but via RS232? I know, I can do everything myself, just wanted to speed up things a bit...

Thanks.

Best regards,

Vitaly

[Indiana]

Hi Vitaly,

you can find a lot of instrument driver on ni´s instrument driver network page.
Currently there is sadly no driver for your device accessible.
But i suggest you following:
Download the driver for the 560 amplifier meter and try to modify the existing.
In the majority of case you can use this driver but you should be aware of the different functionalities between the models 530 and 560.

Best Regards

Indiana

[Chris_R.]

Hi Vitaly,
What Indiana suggested is the best first step.  If that doesn't work for you, you can also try to use one of the example programs I have attached below.  One uses VISA and the other uses GPIB functions.  These will work in LabVIEW 7.0 or higher.  If these work with some simple commands (ie. *idn?) then you may be able to develop a driver for your instrument based on these examples.  You can also find more examples in the LabVIEW example finder.  I also suggest going to www.ni.com/idnet and selecting "Request Drivers."  Here,  you can request drivers for your instrument that are not currently available.  The driver development team looks at these requests when considering developing new drivers.  Best of luck to you and let me know if you have any questions!

Have a great day!

Chris R.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments