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The *general purpose interface bus* (GPIB), also known as *IEEE-488*, is a standard short range digital communication bus. It is used in the test & measurement industry to control the equipment.

The general purpose interface bus (GPIB), also known as IEEE-488, is a standard short range digital communication bus. It is used in the test & measurement industry to control the equipment.

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GB-IP Function not working correctly

I have a GP-IB card in my PC connected to a DMM via GP-IB. I have ran diagnostician on the card and confirms it is working. I am able to control it threw there software test. Now I am trying to create a program to do it, but when it sends the…
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Communication with GPIB Card

I am using a GP-IB card with delphi 10. I cant figure out how to "set up" the install so I can get delphi to communicate with the card. Card is http://www.contec.com/product.php?id=1146 What are the steps for getting it to communicate with outside…
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Reading output buffer of Agilent 4156C using PyVisa

I'm trying to use PyVisa to control an Agilent 4156C using its FLEX command set. The communication seems to be working OK, as I can query the instrument with *IDN? and read the status byte. I also think I'm setting up my voltage sweep properly now,…
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Listening for GPIB events

I am controlling a test system using PyVisa/GPIB. The system is comprised of two separate testers (A and B) and a laptop. The the laptop passively listens for a GPIB message from tester A, when received the laptop triggers tester B. I am using the…
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How do I use python scripting to communicate with a Keysight/Agilent Network analyzer

I have downloaded the pyivi.0.08 package but experience an error when run the command import pyivi. I have also installed the NI Visa and the 488.2 package. Is there any other package to be installed before running this command. I am trying to…
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Unable to read from Agilent 53131A by GPIB in the simple way

Hi I am using LabView 2012, Delphi XE7 and GPIB (I think 488.2), Win7 SP1 and Agilent 53131A. I used the given NI examples. NI Labview example - Found in LabVIEW's help - GPIB.vi. I tried writing and reading to query frequencies from 2 channels and…
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How do I silence "VI_WARN_CONFIG_NLOADED" warning when using PyVisa?

I'm attempting to use PyVisa inside NodeJS using the Python-Shell module. And I have the python code working, talking to the HPIB equipment. Only, I'm getting the warning- c:\python34\lib\site-packages\pyvisa\ctwrapper\functions.py:1222:…
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Error 2607, "error LNK1104: cannot open file"

I have written C++ code in Visual Studio 2010 using NI GPIB version 4.61 and added all the libraries required by the code, but it is giving an error related to ".obj" file. Although I have added .CPP file of the same code and the header file related…
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Python pyVISA GPIB connection issue

I'm trying to connect to a GPIB instrument using pyVISA but I get an error. I'm following the simple example on the pyVISA website: http://pyvisa.readthedocs.org/en/master/ I type the following code into the IPython console: import visa rm =…
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Trying to use ibdev with g++ in Ubuntu and getting linker error

I am trying to develop code to control some instruments using the NI GPIB-USB-B adapter in Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and the 3.13.0-35-generic kernel. At this point I am simply going for proof of concept with the function ibdev() in the ib.h library. …
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computer crashes after I close my python interpreter after connecting to GPIB instrument

If I connect to any one of my GPIB instruments using pyvisa and then I try to close my python interpreter, my computer crashes (then automatically restarts). I only have this issue after connecting to a GPIB instrument with pyvisa, otherwise I can…
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Visual Basic 6.0 statement is not in valid namespace

I am studying Visual Basic 6.0, and I am building an application to capture a screenshot. I found some example code to study application. However, I am getting: statement is not in valid namespace However, it is pointing the error to "Private Sub…
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Creating multi-device controllable software

I do not know how to title my question but the first thing that came into my mind is this "multi-device software" thing. I'm an electronics engineering student and interested in instrument control. Using C# for this purpose and have a basic…
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PyVISA missing methods

I am running Win 7 x64, NI 488.2, PyVISA 1.5, and python with numpy/scipy/ipython. I am attempting to contact a Keithley instrument through a GPIB-USB connection and send simple commands. However, when I attempt to create the instrument object, I…
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Handling a GPIB SRQ using the VisaNS & NI-488.2 libraries in C#

I am writing a C# application which talks to an Agilent 34970A datalogger over GPIB, using a National Instruments GPIB-USB-B interface, and the National Instruments VisaNS NI-488.2 libraries. I am successfully setting the datalogger to scan its…
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