Problem with GPIG-VISA write function!!!

[NewCLAD]

Hi,
Y use an Anritsu AuMT8850 for Bluetooth tests set. Y have a GPIB portCom and the function VISA-Write don't run properly....y set the visa address to GPIG::27::INSTR as it's advised to do in the help furnished with the Ivanritsu VIS....if somebody had already use this anritsu device, please help me for the basic setting and functions running with....thanks a lot....

[Dennis_Knutson]

You should first confirm what the actual address is. Open Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX) and expand Devices and Interfaces. Right click on the GPIB board listed and select Scan for Instruments. It should find your instrument. This all assumes that you've got an NI GPIB board and installed all of the software including VISA. Expand the Software item in MAX to see if NI-VISA is there. If all of this is right, in LabVIEW, click the arrow on the right side of the VISA Resource Name control and you should be able to select your instrument without having to type anything.

[NewCLAD]

Thanks for your help!!!
Y opened the Measurment & Automation Explorer and in the Device and interface Folder y have PXI-System with 2 PXI-BUS.
Y have NI-VISA installed yet but no GPIB board listed Thanks for your response
Best regards!!!!

[Michael_N.]

Hi Novice programeur,

Is your GPIB board a National Instruments product? Is it a PCI board? Non-NI products will not show up Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX).

If it is an Agilent board, you can go into MAX and under the VISA settings enable the tulip DLL that will allow you to use NI-VISA with Agilent GPIB products. There are Knowledge Bases on how to do this on ni.com.

Regards,

Mike N.

[NewCLAD]

Thanks but my card is a NI-488.2!!!!

[ian_fung]

First, like others had prompted, you will need to see your GPIB Controller Card in the MAX.

Secondly, check and confirm that the Au8850/ 8852 is set to as using GPIB as comm. interface.
After which, you might wanna change the equipment GPIB address (to other than 27) should you dislike 27 😛
(The last button (ex.right on the front panel) allows you to access to equipment interface settings, if I still remember)...

regards
ian

[SanaaT]

Hello All,

It seems that you have National Instruments device. PCI-GPIB driver is NI-488.2.
You should first :
1 - Install the driver :
http://search.ni.com/query.html?col=alldocs&qp=+%2BProductLine%3A25+%2BDownloadType%3A%22NI-488.2+%28Win32%29%22+%2BVersion%3A%222.3%22+%2BOSType%3A%22Windows+XP%22+%2Bcontentformat%3Asoftwarelib&layout=SoftLib
2 - Install device
3 - Launch MAX, right click on "PCI-GPIB" and select "Troubleshooting Wizard" and see if the test passed.
4 - If the test is OK, select "PCI-GPIB" and click on "Scan for instrument" to see your instrument and verify the ressource name of it.

After that you can communicate with instrument and start programming.

You can find all this information on : "GPIB Hardware Guide"
http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/A9B7742A2343D5D486256F090046D8E6?OpenDocument&node=132100_US

Best Regards,

Sanaa TAZI
National Instruments France