how to input my temperature calibration data into a temperature controller

[lipstick]

In my experiment, I need to input the temperature calibration data into the temperature controller. To do this, I think an instrument dirver is required. The temperature controller I have is from conductus, inc with model of LTC-20. I tried to find corresponding instrument driver from the ni website but couldn't find any. Can anybody tell me how to write calibration data into the controller?

[MichaelChaney]

An instrument driver is never required.  Instrument drivers are written using our NI-VISA, NI-488.2, or NI-Serial hardware drivers.  They provide a simplified way of communicating with an instrument without having to know the lower-level serial or GPIB commands.  In this case, I wasn't able to find an instrument driver for your particular device, but you can still communicate directly with the device using the hardware driver API for your type of connection.  You will need to have the command set for your device in order to communicate with it.

[lipstick]

I have a vi that was programed to write data into this particular temperature controller. What it do is that it is going to find the calibration data file from the parth provided in the front panel, and then write it to the instrument using the GPIB write vi and assign a new name which is also provided from the front panel. I run this vi and it seems that the vi is talking to the instrument pretty well. No error was detecting during this process. But when I check the instrument, no data was input. Do I need to set the instrument in a particular status in order to input these data?

Thank you very much for you timely reply!!

[MichaelChaney]

If you are not getting any errors from the GPIB driver when the VI is run, then it is finding and communicating with the device just fine.  For questions regarding the operation or setup of the device, you would need to contact the manufacturer.  You might also contact the person who wrote the VI you are using if you have any questions about that.  If you get any errors from the GPIB driver, just reply with the error code and I will be glad to help you out.