Instrument Control (GPIB, Serial, VISA, IVI)

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Hi, all
  we have a photometer, which is connected to PC by USB.  however, when you do remotecontrol, it actaully opens a vitural COM port, for example COM4. then you could send ASCII (text) command in HyperTerminal. To do this, you have to install some drivers coming with the instrument. however, now we want to control this meter by Labview . I tried to send the same ASCII command from "VLSI write" through COM port 4( I do close the HyperTerminal when I use Labivew). but there is no response.  I don't know what I am missing.  I guess if I need to write a driver first or there is some special opertation  for this kind of instruemnts.

the weird thing is that once you tried to communicate with the instrument by Labview, you won't be able to communicte with  it by HyperTerminal any more, even after you closed Labview. seems the COM port is freezed.

thanks,
tz
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