Well I'm new to gpib level LabVIEW but have developed a few applications around existing instrument drivers. I want to write some simple configuration and data transfer functions around GPIB with ILX Lightwave and Keithley instruments.
I am able to send GPIB commands to each instrument, such as setting wavelength, voltage, filter time constants and so on, but I am having trouble reading from each instrument. I'm sure its a coding issue as this is the same with each instrument. After sending a command, such as :FILT fast to the ILX Lightwave 8210H and seeing the front panel indicator change, I send a GPIB Write again, with :FILT? followed by GPIB Read. The string returned from the GPIB Read has an unreadable format. I'm sure this is just a formatting issue, but can anyone here shed some light on this?
regards,
Datalog
