PM6000

[shblx]

Does anyone have experience use labview to controlVoltech PM6000 via ethernet. I setup the IP address for PM6000 and actually I could ping it. even I used telnet to login, and it was fine. But MAX couldn't find it. any clues?

Thanks in advance.

[NathanT]

Hello shblx,

       You will probably need to add the device in MAX by right-clicking on Devices and Interfaces>>Choosing Create New Device>>Choose VISA TCP/IP Resource>>See if the PM6000 shows up with VXI-11 device discovery, if not, manually enter in the IP address.  After that, confirm the connection by sending some test commands (see the programming manual for commands).

      After that, download the LabVIEW Plug and Play (project-style) Instrument Driver, extract it to instr.lib (in LV 8.5 and later) and then open LabVIEW, launch example finder and look at the examples for the PM6000.

Cheers,

NathanT

[shblx]

Thanks Nathan,

Actually before my post I have already tried that method. unfortunately either VXI-11 device discovery or manually entering IP address could not find PM6000. I have sent message to Voltech ask whether they specified special port, so I might find PM6000 using IP address and port number. I mentioned before that I had connected PM6000 by Telnet, and it worked fine. I guess probably some settings are incorrect.

Thanks !

[shblx]

Hi Nathan,

finally I got connection to PM6000 via Ethernet after I put  socket number in.  Are you a PM6000 user? I'm programming it for energy consumption test. I might have more questions.

Cheers!

[NathanT]

Hello shblx,

         I am glad that using the socket allowed you to connect correctly.  I am not a PM6000 user, but rather primarily an instrument driver enthusiast.  Hopefully there are some other PM6000 users that can offer some answers to your questions in the near future.

Cheers,

NathanT