keithley 2700 and KPCI-488LP

[TbU]

Hi,

we are using Labview 8 on a windows XP system together with a keithley 2700 to perform a scan of thermocouples.

on a first system a Keithley CEC-488 card is used with Keithley IVI Instrument Driver Version B01.4 and Keithley I/O Layer Version B02.3.

for this system the KE2700 library works well. we can make scans with labview 8 by using the examples in the library provided by keithley.

on a second system a Keithley KPCI-488LP card is installed together with  Keithley KPCI-488LP driver Rev1.0.

the KE2700 library does not work in this configuration. but the low level examples provided with the KPCI-488LP do work correctly.

how can i make this KE2700 IVI library working for the second system? or is there a similar library with higher level functions, to easily program a scan?

TbU

[cymrieg]

TbU,

In the first system you would be using the KeViCEC Passport with NI VISA. In the 2nd system the CEC passport doesn't work with the KPCI-488LP card. You need to install the KPCI-488LP software in NI compatibility mode and make sure the NI 488 GPIB passport is enabled and the CEC passport is disable (use NI Max to do this).

Second thing to pay attension to is the VISA resource string. Make sure you are using "GPIB0::xx::INSTR" on the 2nd system, where xx = GPIB address for the instrument.

John