labview with tcl

[p1]

how do you use labview for automatic testing of lab instruments using tcl for wrting testcases.We need to build a system for testing lab instruments. We want something that can program that can program all of our instruments simultaneously, can labview do it ?

[Steven_T]

Hello p1,

LabVIEW can control multiple instruments at the same time, as long as there are enough plug-ins for your instruments.  You should be able to use the VISA API for this task since VISA can communicate with instruments connected via USB, Ethernet, GPIB, and serial. 

Tcl however is more of an interface for testing software itself.  I found some articles about interfacing LabVIEW with Tcl by performing a google search.  Perhaps you should start there.

Steven T.