How do you execute a group trigger command using the Measure software?

[San Diego - US Navy]

I would like to be able to trigger several DMM's (HP34401A's) using a visual basic command. The process would be similar to building a macro containing the necessary visual basic commands to accomplish the
equivalent to the IEEE "Trigger 722" command also known
as Group Execute Trigger. I do not want sequential triggering, I want the instruments in a wait for trigger state, and then I want to trigger them all at the same time.

[Darren]

Hello,

I am not familiar with the group trigger commands to which you refer, but I don't think this functionality is available with Measure. This is because Measure issues instrument-based commands, meaning any GPIB command issued from Measure will be associated with a particular instrument (as opposed to sending out a global command across the GPIB bus). To do this you may need to resort to using Measurement Studio for Visual Basic to issue advanced GPIB commands from within VB. You can probably post a question to the Measurement Studio >> For Visual Basic discussion group to get more information. In fact, you may not even need Measurement Studio...I believe that the GPIB driver installs support for Visual Basic (I am not certain on this). You can check in
the GPIB forum to learn if this is a possibility.

Good luck with your application.

Darren