HP 54601A oscilloscope using a GPIB in VB

[Ronan07]

I am wondering if anyone can help me with this, I want to create a pieace of code to commuicate with this oscilloscope using a gpib card in VB,

 any help appreciated. I know my equipement is npt national instruments right now but we are gona be putting it into nstionsl instruments equipement as well and this site is always helpful. ask any questions and il try develop on it,

thanks.

[Tom.]

Hello Ronan,

Can you tell me if your GPIB card is manufactured by National Instruments?

Tom
NIUK

[Ronan07]

no the GPIB card is adlink,

I have gotten to a point where im communicating with the scope but it still wont read what's on the screen.

Do i need to point in the code which scope im using or im tihnking it's generic, as in the code i have doesnt seem to have line which points it to a scope which can be modified.

Regards.

[Tom.]

Hello Ronan,

It would appear that you aren't using any National Instruments products in your system. Therefore I won't be able to offer any advice. Id recommend you try to gain help through the other hardware vendor's support channels.

Cheers

Tom | NIUK

[Makoto]

According to the following link, adlink GPIB looks like supporting NI-488.2 compatibility and VISA library.

http://www.adlinktech.com/GPIB/

If the compatibility is perfect, most GPIB apps and instrument drivers that rely on NI GPIB and/or VISA will also work fine.  Sorry but I am not sure about the quality of compatibility, though...

[Tom.]

Hello,

Take a look at these KnowledgeBase articles.

Where is the .NET GPIB Language Interface?

VISA and GPIB Application Development Using C# or VB.NET

Tom | NIUK