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keithley 2612a interfacing with pc using labview

friends, i am interfacing keithley 2612a with pc using labview. while attempting a program to measure current for sweep voltage source i am facing problems to store readings in buffer. my first case is to give staircase voltage sweep and then measure respective current and store both readings and source values in buffer/table. i got the result by using the program sequence given in attached file "2612a 1". But it is not satisfactory as it is very strange to develop such algorithm for other cases{e.g. logarithmic staircase sweeps,list sweeps and pulse mode sweeps}. there are commands given in manual which generate such sweeps directly {e.g. "SweepVLinMeasureI(smua,1e-3,10e-3,0.1,10)" to generate a linear staircase sweep of voltage from 1 mv to 10 mv and measure current at each step.} and also for buffer storage but whenever i make program using these i am unable to get readings in buffer. i have tried various combinations of several commands to get the result but failed. kindly download manuals(user and reference) from keithley website if required. i am also attaching my two programs that failed to store readings in buffer. "visa" is shown in "2612a 1" but i have used the same algorithm in "gpib" instead of "visa".

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A Labview driver for the 26xx series exists. so search the instrument driver network first

 

http://www.ni.com/downloads/idnet/

greetings from the Netherlands
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i did search for drivers on ni website, they have it for "visa", not for "gpib(488)" . as you can see in my attached document "2612a 1" that "visa" is used but in my program i have to use "gpib" function/programming tool instead of it. i got result by using gpib in "2612a 1" but is having problem in other programs which i also have attached. thnx for considering my query and i hope you will help me further in this.

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which idiot forces you to use gpib where everybody else uses a higher level. Why not program in assembly?

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Since you have twice refused to use the existing driver, it seems you are using some internal scripting language, think VISA is different than GPIB, and have only attached barely readable pictures, you really should take your questions someplace else. Your problems have nothing to do with NI hardware or software.
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thnx everyone!

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