PXI switch not appearing on VISA Server

[Techtest]

Hi all,

I am having trouble seeing my PXI switch over a network using the VISA server.

On the server side I have a PXIe-1071 rack containing a PXIe-2593 switch and a PXIe-8301 Thunderbolt 3 controller connected to a laptop running Windows 10. In MAX all devices are visible and I can control the switch using the NI Switch front panel. The VISA server is running with the permissions set with the wildcard "*".

On the client side I have a Windows 7 PC that, in MAX, under 'Remote Systems', I can see the server pc > Devices and Intertfaces > PXI System > and under that 'PXI0::1::BACKPLANE "PXI_rack" '. I cannot see the PXI switch which I would expect to see as the next level down.

Is there something that I need to do on the server side to allow the client to see the PXI devices?

Thanks in advance,

Pete.

[RobGeografo]

Hi Pete,

Have you had a look at this knowledge article:

How Do I Control My VISA Device from Another Computer? - https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019LfHSAU&l=en-GB

I am not sure if this is your case, but you'll need NI-VISA or NI-VISA Runtime installed on the client computer.

Cheers!

Rob