Talker/Listener Windows Application

[CharlesYP]

Hello,

I installed a NI PCI-GPIB card and made a program to control several instruments with it. Now I need to develop a Talker/Listener Windows application which looks like a real virtual instrument with a virtual GPIB address running under Windows and talks/listens to the control program via GPIB commands. If you have any ideas to make this kind of program, please help. Also if you know what NI development kit can do this, please let me know. Thank you. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

What program did you use to control the instruments? If you are looking for something, then LabVIEW is more than capable of performing the task. Do you want the talker/listener on different pc's or do you want the ability to control the instruments with a web browser? LabVIEW is capable of either.

[CharlesYP]

Hi Dennis, Thank you for your reply. I developed the control program with VC++. I want the talker/listener to run on the same pc with the control program, so it can intercept the GPIB commands sent to its virtual GPIB address by the control program, do some special functions and send the result back to the control program. The control program will be finally replaced by a commercial software, that's why I cannot add these special functions to the control program directly.

[Dennis_Knutson]

It sounds like you want to create an instrument simulator and not really what I consider a talker/listener. Simulated instruments are pretty simple if you are using IVI but not so simple without external hardware. You might want to check the links in this. There may be more information. Do a search of 'instrument 'simulation' in both forums and developer zone.