need GPIB driver for SD380 Spectral Dynamics FFT analyzer

[ron]

>Hello,
>
>I'm looking for instrument driver (or design info) eg IEEE488 or GPIB for a
>SD380 Spectral Dynamics FFT analyzer I own - this will be used on a school
>project, so I hope to find source at no cost or someone who has worked with
>such an analyzer and who can give me ideas about how to go about writing
one
>for Linux or Windows.
>
>The SD380Z I have is a single-channel unit.
>
>Please copy me at:
>
>rXoYnZaXnAMPERSANDsXuYrZeXwYeZsXt.net
>
>( remove upper-case XYZs above, and replace AMPERSAND with the character)
>
>Thank you,
>Ron

[JoshuaP]

Hey Ron,

I am sorry that National Instruments doesn't have an instrument driver for the SD380. What I would recommend is finding a copy of the user manual for this device and then try to create your own instrument driver for this device. If you are using one of NI's GPIB controllers and LabVIEW it is really easy. You will need to create VIs (functions) for specific tasks and these functions will be made up of commands or strings that are sent across the GPIB bus.

Here is a tutorial on instrument drivers that is very helpful.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/119b3b705b84b041862567d90074f425?OpenDocument

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzoneweb.nsf/Opendoc?openagent&64325190560C97CE86256E4A006F27F1

I hope this helps out.

JoshuaP
Nati
onal Instruments