gpib simulator

[alainaapside]

I have to write a software for boards testing under WINDOWS. Test and measurement equipments are involved in this application using IEEE488/GPIB interface. For the moment I don't have the gpib board and the test and measurement equipments. Then I need something ( a tool, a simulator ) to put in front of my software.

Is anybody knows something that can help me?

Thank you.

[AaronK]

Hi,
GPIB is really nothing more than a bus for conveying text messages back and forth. A very simple way to simulate this interaction would be to create a subroutine called simgpib() that is essentially a large case structure. Write all the commands that your instrument supports into the cases, and return a string with the expected results.

Hope this helps out,
Aaron K.
Application Engineer
National Instruments