is HP-IB E2078A/82350A (PCI) usable instead HP-IB82341-ISAcard

[hartmut.winkler@de.multek.com]

in trubleshooting at an old spectrometer-device  I found a PC-System with  NT4.0,

using an ISA-GPIB-card:  HP-IB 82341. - and the spectrometer works  fine.

Now I have a new PC-System with only PCI-slots and an HP-IB-card E2078 / 82350  (PCI).

The new HP-IB-card  ( PCI ) is not able to communicate with the spectrometer-HP-IB-interface.

My question: is it in principle possible to  communicate using a PCI-E2078/82350A - card

instead of  the old ISA-HP-IB-board  HP-IB 82341 ?

Thx for information,

Hartmut Winkler

Prod-IT / LAN
Multek Germany

Email hartmut.winkler@de.multek.com

[smercurio_fc]

In principle, it doesn't matter whether the GPIB controller card is ISA or PCI.

In your specific case, the E2078 is made by Agilent, not National Instruments, which is where you are. Also, a quick check on the Agilent web site for that card showed that was made for HP-UX workstations. Are you trying to use this on a Windows machine? I don't know if there was anything hardware-specific that made it for HP-UX or whether they simply provided different software with it. You will probably have better luck contacting Agilent. Yoy may want to try the Agilent I/O libraries as this is their equivalent to the MAX software that NI makes. This installs a VISA layer and allows you to communicate and troubleshoot connection problems.