OT: E2050 vs E5810

[Eckhard Neber]

Hello,

we use here some older LAN to GPIB interfaces E2050 with Agilent's SICL
library on HPUX 10.20. Now we need another one, but Agilent says that
the successor E5810 is not compatible and advises to purchase a new
library. On the other hand I read in an older posting here
(<50650000000500000074EF0000-1042324653000@exchange.ni.com>)
that they were compatible.
Has anyone experience with both?

Thanks in advance
Eckhard

PS: Sorry that the posting is OT, I could not find a better suited group.

[LesHammer]

As long as you find the right people. 🙂
I did the upgrade on the E2050B, and some firmware development on the E5810 before leaving Agilent. My buddy down the hall at TAMS (tamsinc.com) - which is the source of HPUX these days, was the E5810 project manager. So we have experience. 🙂

You should be able to use the new E5810 with the old system. They both use the same protocols. It would be easier to support if you upgraded your library (available from TAMS), but it shouldn't be necessary.

Les.Hammer@CompleteTest.com
(TAMS is our landlord, but other than that we are not associated)

[Eckhard Neber]

Les Hammer wrote:
> As long as you find the right people. 🙂
> I did the upgrade on the E2050B, and some firmware development on the
> E5810 before leaving Agilent. My buddy down the hall at TAMS
> (tamsinc.com) - which is the source of HPUX these days, was the E5810
> project manager. So we have experience. 🙂

Maybe more than the german support 😉

> You should be able to use the new E5810 with the old system. They
> both use the same protocols. It would be easier to support if you
> upgraded your library (available from TAMS), but it shouldn't be
> necessary.

Thanks. I know the TAMS-library and it would be nice to use the linux
version, but it is a bit picky about the kernel it runs with.
We currently have a student working on a linux imp
lementation of the
SICL functions we use in our tools, but I couldn't find any
documentation on how to access the serial port.
Do you know how serial port is addressed?

Eckhard

[LesHammer]

> Do you know how serial port is addressed?

Ahh, now you are asking for something that wasn't in the E2050. (The E2050 serial port was just used as a link into the firmware, not for instruments.)

In Windows with updated IO Libs you just need to configure an ASRL VISA LAN Client. I don't think the old HPUX 10.20 libs had that option. (I didn't use those.) The guys at TAMS say that the G.03.00 version of the HPUX 10.20 should support the serial port though. Where you used to say:
iopen("lan;vxi-11[machineName]:gpib0,5")
now say
iopen("lan;vxi-11[machineName]:com1,488")
(or whatever name is given inside your E5810 for the com port.)

Les

[Eckhard Neber]

Hello Les,


> In Windows with updated IO Libs you just need to configure an ASRL
> VISA LAN Client. I don't think the old HPUX 10.20 libs had that
> option. (I didn't use those.) The guys at TAMS say that the G.03.00
> version of the HPUX 10.20 should support the serial port though.
> Where you used to say:
> iopen("lan;vxi-11[machineName]:gpib0,5")
> now say
> iopen("lan;vxi-11[machineName]:com1,488")
> (or whatever name is given inside your E5810 for the com port.)

Thanks, I will test it as soon as the new device arrives.

Eckhard