TTi TGR1 040 1GHz synthesised RF singnal generator

[sm81]

Hi, I nee to control the instrument in the subject line through GPIB controller. I was looking a LABVIEW 2009 driver for the same but couldn't find it. Can anyone suggest me where I can get hold of this?

Regards,

S 

[Christian_Hartshorne_NIUK]

Hi S,

National Instruments store all of their instrument drivers in a central repository called the Instrument Driver Network. This area of our websites contains an extensive collection of drivers from a range of manufacturers, some of which have been developed and uploaded by members of the community. It appears that a driver for your specific device is not available on this website.

Have you tried contacting the manufacturer of the instruments? They may be able to provide a LabVIEW instrument driver. Here is a link to the TTi TGR1040 product page which contains the phone number and e-mail address for contacting them.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Best Regards,

Christian Hartshorne

NIUK

[sm81]

Hi,

Thanks for the early  response. As I tried to chase the company to see if I can get hold of a driver, I came to know that they don't have a driver for this instrument.However, they gave me a manual with GPIB commands. Is it then programmable in LabVIEW? Sorry, but I never had such a problem before. 

[Christian_Hartshorne_NIUK]

Hi S,

If you can not find a driver from the device manufacturer or at the Instrument Driver Network, then you will need to develop your own instrument driver. Practically any device can be programmed in LabVIEW provided that you have the appropriate commands. I suggest that you have a look at the following links for information and guidelines on how to develop your own driver using the commands contained within the supplied manual.

Instrument Driver Development Tools and Resources

Tutorial: Developing LabVIEW Plug and Play Instrument Drivers

I hope this helps,

Christian Hartshorne

NIUK

[sm81]

Hi, I have tried a fair bit and I have managed to establish a remote connection between the signal generator and computer via GPIB-USB interface but when I try to run a vi just to set the frequency and level of the output, it doesn't seem to work.The instrument does go into remote mode but the frequency and level are set to a default value. I have attached the instrument driver that I have been trying to create. I have also attached the manual of the instruent with the GPIB commands. The instrument driver for the generator doesn't exist. All I want is to set the amplitude and frequency through another vi. I have been trying a test vi which is also attached.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I use LabVIEW 2009. 

Thanks a lot. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

Of course it does not work. You haven't done anything to make it work. You apparently used the wizard to create some templates and left it at that. You will actually have to modify those VIs in the project and use the commands that are in the manual. There is nothing that will magically read the manual and edit the code for you.

[sm81]

Thanks. I suppose that was the point of making the post. Its not my area of expertise and hence I needed some quick assistance. And its not my fault that the driver doesn't exist.