DECS AVR ethernet connected to PXIe

[JBoudreaux89]

Hello all,

Im using a PXIe-8135 running windows 7 and LabVIEW 2015.  I have a DECS 250 AVR connected to it via ethernet cable and am able to ping my devices IPaddress.  However the device cannot be connected through NI MAX.  I have tried the wizard in NI MAX to add TCP/IP address as well as manually entered information, with no luck.  I am very inexperienced in networking so bear with me.  Thank you for your time and help with this matter

Best,

John

[Queue-tip]

Below is a tutorial that can help you get started with this application:

'Ethernet Instrument Control Tutorial'

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000x3gXCAQ&l=en-US

Is your instrument directly connected to your computer or through a network switch?

Are your PC and instrument on the same subnet?

'Subnetwork'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork

What version of NI-VISA do you have installed?

[JBoudreaux89]

Thanks for the response.

i am using NI VISA 15.0, and the device is directly connected through ethernet cable.  I have tried the first link numerous times and through all the different options.  However, I noticed the subnets are off.

the PXI subnet is 255.255.254.0

and the AVR is 255.255.255.0

Could this be the issue?

thanks,

John

[Dennis_Knutson]

Those are not subnets, they are masks. Did you read the linked article? What is the IP addresses of your pc and the instrument? Also, in order to use :INSTR type of resource, the instrument must be either VXI-11 or LXI. Have you verified that it is?