TDS 2014 oscilloscope does not connect via GPIB (LabVIEW 8.6.1)

[Katarzyna]

I have a TDS 2014 oscilloscope and |I would like to connect from LabVIEW 8.6.1 to this oscilloscope via GPIB

interface (CEC PCI 488 card) . Simple GPIB blocks (Instrument I/O -> GPIB) work  

but VISA blocks don't . Measurement &  Automation Explorer does not find the oscilloscope.

I have upgraded VISA and GPIB, but this did not help

Simple vi that uses only WRITE and READ VISA blocks and sends a message *idn?

return error:

VISA: (Hex 0xBFFF0011) Insufficient location information or the device or resource is not present in the system.

I would be grateful for any help.

[Dennis_Knutson]

MAX is for NI cards. You would need a VISA driver from CEC and enable tulip support in MAX.

[wojciechsommer]

Hi Katarzyna,

Please try to use the function called "VISA Find Resource" (Instrument I/O->VISA->Advanced) which search for the VISA resources on GPIB. Please find help for that function http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361E-01/lvinstio/visa_find_resource/

Example usage You may find below:

Moreover, instead of programming communication from the scratch You can use instrument drivers. Please find the link to it: http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/niid_web_display.model_page?p_model_id=540

If there will be any questions please let me know.

Wojciech Sommer

Applications Engineer

National Instruments

[Katarzyna]

Hello,

thank you for your help. It turned out that installing the most recent CEC driver alone did not help.

I had to install the most recent VISA as well.

Many thanks,

Katarzyna