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i find dirivers hp4142B for labVIEW applications

i would like to make an application with labVIEW and i need download a driver for hp4142B (it is a polarizzatore)
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Hello "i find drivers hp4142B for labVIEW applications",

Unfortunately, I was unable to locate a driver for your hp4142B. I was able to find a driver for the hp4140 which may either work directly or work with minimal modification.

If you would like to try developing your own instrument driver (or modify the existing one), we have documentation, model instrument drivers, and driver templates to help at :
http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/development.htm

We also have a syndicate of third party vendors that specialize in National Instruments' products and services. Some of the vendors specialize in driver development. I would suggest contacting one of the Alliance members at:
http://www.ni.com/alliance

An instrument driver is a collection of funct
ions that implement the commands necessary to perform the instrument�s operations. In short, someone read the instrument user manual and implemented some of the functionality in a program for the end user. Instrument drivers are not necessary to use your instrument. They are merely time savers to help you develop your project so you do not need to study the manual before writing a program.

There are example VI's in LV on Instrument Connectivity. If you go to the Help menu >> Examples.. >> I/O, you will see a couple and Examples.. >> Fundamentals for File and String manipulation. I would suggest tweaking them to suit your application. Also the specific command that your instrument responds to can be found from it's manual.

Some useful resources for your application are
ni.com > NI Developer Zone > Development Library > Instrument Connectivity
http://search.ni.com/?col=alldocs&layout=TechResources&ql=a , to search examples and knowledge bases

Hope this helps!

Best Rega
rds,
Aaron K.
Application Engineer
National Instruments
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