controlling keithley 2000 with LabVIEW 6 using RS-232

[BinyaminS]

Hello,

I'm very new to LabVIEW. I'm trying to control keithley 2000 using RS-232 connection.

Does anybody know how can I do it?

Are there specific drivers that I can download?

I'll be glad to get any help.

Thanks!

[nayer]

Hello Binyamin,

You can download instrument driver for Keithley 2000 here and can use basic serial read and write.vi from the example finder with the commands in order to control your instrument.

Good luck

NI-khil

[NathanT]

Hello,

       I have attached the LabVIEW Plug and Play Instrument driver for your instrument saved inLabVIEW 6.  Please visit ni.com/idnet to find instrument drivers in the future.  There are also lots of great documents that can help you get started.  Here is a good one to start with.

Cheers,

NathanT

[Tenchi]

Hello

[Tenchi]

Hello,

How do I configure my Keithley 2000 to do frequency measurement using the driver for LabVIEW 6? Which VI do I use? Can't find it in the attached driver...

[Dave-C]

Hi Tenchi,

Are you looking in the attached zip file from NathanT's post above?  When I opened that and opened the "ke2000.LLB" library there was a file in it that says "Configure Frequency.vi".  And since NathanT's post says this is saved in LV6, I'd think that would work for you.  I'd try to start with that file and work out from there.

If you're having trouble finding the vi in LabVIEW, you can try saving the folder containing the driver library to the C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2010\instr.lib directory and it should be searchable in LabVIEW.  I think this should let you configure your device.

Regards,

-Dave C