control an instrument connected with a GPIB to another PC

[Dennis_Knutson]

NI-VISA is included on the same CD so you probably chose to install both.

If the full version of VISA is installed, you should have the server. Take a screen shot of the VISA properties page and attach that.

[rweaver6]

There's the screenshot, thx.

It's labelled "VISA Options" rather than "properties". Hope I have the right one.

[Dennis_Knutson]

That's the correct screen. I don't understand why the VI Server section is missing. What's your os? My only suggestion is to try to install the latest version or try a repair.

[rweaver6]

OS is XP-pro w/SP3. I already upgraded to the latest available which is NI-VISA 5.1.1  (through a large NI-488.2 ver 3.0.2 download/upgrade after installing the NI-488.2 ver 2.7.3 CD kit).

The thing is, this behavior is the same on two completely unrelated PC'c (both running XP, both [I think] originally installed 2.7.3). My desktop also has Agilent IO libraries, but the other machine does not, so it does not seem related to that. I can only guess that the issue is with the 2.7.3 CD kit(?).

Some questions/guesses as to cause. Can I tell if the NI-VISA server component installation was successful. Can I tell if it's running? Is there a process that I can check for in Task Manager? Does it have a start-up dependency on network/firewall? Is there something I can look for in Windows Event viewer? Is there some other log produced by NI-VISA?

[Dennis_Knutson]

The latest is 5.1.2. Please forget about NI-488 downloads or installation CDs. It is not the same thing.