How do I access a KEITHLEY card using Labview?

[radiofysik]

Good day 

I'm using a KEITHLEY electrometer model 6517A with a external card (model 6522).

I don't know how to access the card using Labview.

I'm using GPIB and Labview 7.1.

Any suggestion?

thanks

[Mathan]

You have to be bit more specific in what you want to do exactly.

for a starting point do a search in the forum with your instrument. You will get lot more details.

start with here.

Post if any specific help needed.

[radiofysik]

I have a labview program that reads dosimeter charge using an electrometer (KEITHLEY 6517A). But now I want to read it using this card (which is attached to the electrometer) that gives me the option to read more than one dosimeter per time, using the same electrometer.

What I want to do is to configurate the electrometer to give me the measured charge from a specific input in the card (there's 10). 

I just don't know how to communicate with the electrometer in a way it understands that I want the results from a specific input in the card.

thank you

[Dennis_Knutson]

Aren't you using the driver? If you aren't for reason and want to reinvent the wheel, you need to read the manual and implement either the ROUTE or SCAN commmands.

[radiofysik]

I'm using the driver, but what I want to do is to communicate with a external card, model 6522, trough the electrometer. 

I already read the manual. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

I donwloaded the driver and there are functions called Keithley 6517 Scanner Control (which allows you to open/close an individual scanner channel or create a scan list) and Kethley 6517 Scan Read. Your card is a scanner and these functions would seem appropriate.

[radiofysik]

Dennis,

Thank you for your help.

I must be really stupid, but I still can't do what I want, can you please help a little more? I would like to read charge from channel 1, now i'm using "Scan Read" function, but still with lot's of problem.

An example would help a lot

thank you