horiba apoa 370 via ethernet

[florin.unga]

Hello. so i have a Horiba APOA 370 analizor, and i want to create a vi to acquire the signal trough ethernet.

MAX doesn-t detect the Horiba.

What should i use? Udp? tcp-ip ?

i-m sure the conection works, cause if i use a soft just for real time visualization, it works, but i can-t download the data from that soft.

so, it-s possible??

Thanks. 

[Rachel D]

Hi florin.unga,

Unfortunately MAX will not detect the Horiba equipment that you are using as there are no custom drivers currently available for that device. Thus, you will need to configure your device using third party software and publish the data over the network. To do this using LabVIEW and a TCP connection, for example, you will need to create a TCP client and server.

Below are a few links that may be helpful to you that give guidance on using TCP vs. UDP and how to create a TCP client and server in LabVIEW - some examples are also included:

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/using-labview-with-tcpip-and-udp.html

https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/06/basic-tcp-ip-communication-in-labview.ht...

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/creating-a-tcp-client.html

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/creating-a-tcp-server.html

[Dennis_Knutson]

Rachael,

What kind of driver are you talking about? Certainly the instrument would need to implement VXI-11 or LAN/LXI for MAX to automatically detect it but the instrument should be able to be detected as a RAW socket, should it not without any sort of driver?

I also don't see the need for any third party software. Even without using a VISA TCP/IP connection, the TCP/IP functions should be able to read/write to it directly.

It would however, be nice to see the instrument's manual to see the details on the Ethernet connection.

[Rachel D]

Thank you for your comments, Dennis.

I looked into this further and found the following article that will give you the steps for communicating your device with MAX:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D7D8E3E1B682022286256D4A00771A52?OpenDocument 

If you are not able to connect your device over TCP/IP, you could try connecting over RS-232 Serial port which can be converted to the RS-485 port.

[florin.unga]

Thank you, i-ll try this days to make de vi, and i ll come back with reviews

[florin.unga]

i was trying to detect the horiba trough MAX but it doesn-t detect.

the horiba

 ip: 192.168.0.15

subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

default gateway: 192.168.0.100

mac adress 00-05-2b-08-38-81

My laptop:

 ip: 192.168.0.17

subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

default gateway: 192.168.0.100

i-ved attache some picture to see my steps...

I had installed NI - Visa, and i-ve clossed the firewall.

Still not working.

Any advice? 

[Rachel D]

Florin,

Does your instrument meet the VXI-11 LAN specification in MAX?

[florin.unga]

No, i don-t think so...

i mean... how can i check this? 

the thing is... i don-t have the acquisition board for Horiba APOA 370,

cause you know..its cost about 1500 E, and i-m a student.

the soft i have, it has some .dll file, but it doesn-t have the .h file, the header for dll. it has and .exe.

is there any solution? 

[Rachel D]

Florin,

If you haven't already, try reviewing the instrument's manual (if you don't have a physical copy, you can probably find a copy online) to see if it meets the VXI-11 LAN specifications.