Connect instrument to pc to pilatate with LabVIEW using gpib scheduler

[vanny]

Thanks Dannis. I have done my excuse to all forum. I have take a guide of 6 hours. I do later. Can u help me to find instruments manuals please? Because on the site of Rohde & Schwarz there aren't my instruments. Can u see please?

[Dennis_Knutson]

They are there. NRT-Z in English, French, and German. SMIQ in English.

[smercurio_fc]

Based on your posts there is a language issue here, so let's try this a different way. Let's try to answer the questions a little bit a time. Note: I used a translator to get Italian, and fixed it up a bit with my limited knowledge of Italian:

Cosa è VISA?
VISA è uno strato di software che ti permette di comunicare con gli strumenti con RS-232, GPIB, o TCP / IP. I driver più anziani usavano GPIB direttamente. I driver più recenti usano VISA.

Ecco i passi che devi fare:

Installare il software
1. Installare il driver USB-GPIB.
2. Installare NI-VISA.
3. Scarica il driver per il generatore di segnale. Questo può essere trovato qui.

4. Decomprimere il file. Si dovrebbe ottenere una license.pdf "" file e una cartella chiamata "rssmiq".
5. Copiare il rssmiq "alla cartella <instrlib> che si trova all'interno della cartella di LabVIEW sul disco rigido.  picture
6. Start LabVIEW.
7. È ora possibile visualizzare i driver di strumento in Instrument I/O -> Instrument Drivers -> R & S SMIQ Vector Signal Generator.  (picture)

Test Driver
1. In un nuovo VI, inserire il "RSSMIQ Initialize" VI.
2. Fare doppio click sul VI per aprire il suo pannello frontale.
3. Impostare l'indirizzo dello strumento.
4. Correre il VI. Fa il strumento risettare? Se è così, allora hai i driver è possibile utilizzare.
 

Message Edited by smercurio_fc on 01-13-2010 03:18 PM

[vanny]

Hi, important information!!! I have LabVIEW 8, is the driver that are in the previous message good for my version of LabVIEW? Or I must istall version 7 of LabVIEW???

THANKS!!! RISP FAST PLEASE!!!

[smercurio_fc]

Non ti bisogna LabVIEW 7. Si puo usare con LabVIEW 8.

(^^ I did the above with no translator! Woo hoo!!! )

Message Edited by smercurio_fc on 01-14-2010 08:38 AM

[vanny]

I have done all, but when I click 2 times on icon of my instrument compare a set control panel... how can I understand if my device is good connected? I don't understand... thanks,

Vanny

[Dennis_Knutson]

Take a couple of steps backwards, please.

In Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), you first expand the Devices and Interfaces. Your GPIB controller should be listed there. Right click on it and select 'Scan for Instruments'. Whatever instruments you have connected should get listed. I believe this process is explained in the 'Getting Started' document for the GPIB-USB-B.

Once this is done and all of your instruments are detected, you can start LabVIEW and open the initialize function of one of the instruments. On the front panel is a VISA Resource Name control. Click on the little arrow on the right side. You will see a list of available VISA resources (serial port, printer port, GPIB Instruments). Select the GPIB resource (GPIB0::INSTR::n) that corresponds to the instrument. Run the initialize function. If there are no errors, you can proceed.

[vanny]

The problem is: I have before istallated LabVIEW8, but it's don't run, so I have istallated Versione 7.1 and Run, But MAX is referred to version8 and not to version 7... this is the main problem!!!

[Dennis_Knutson]

MAX does not refer to any version of LabVIEW. It does not care what version of LabVIEW is installed. MAX will simply list each and every version of LabVIEW or other NI software. MAX is separate from LabVIEW. MAX does not use LabVIEW. In other words, you are completely misreading the relationship between MAX and LabVIEW.

Installing LabVIEW 7.1 instead of 8 makes no sense and simply saying 'it's dont' run' is meaningless. Surely you can provide a better description than that.

[smercurio_fc]

launching MAX: