GPIB-232CT-A Installation Help Needed

[BC@YCA]

I work in our company's Calibration Lab. We calibrate a lot of our instruments via GPIB using Fluke's MetCal software.
We have some instruments that have either GPIB or RS232 comm ports, but not both.

We would like to be able to use the MetCal software to calibrate these RS232 instruments as well as the GPIB units.

We recently purchased a GPIB-232CT-A, because NI's sales rep said it would work for this application.

I have spent quite a few hours trying to get this GPIB-232CT-A to interface between the GPIB computer and the RS232 instrument....to no avail.

Any "Tech Tips" out there???

I would have liked to have been able to take with someone at NI but, it from what I can see on the website, phone assistance with purchased products comes at a premium.

[JLS]

Hello,

The GPIB-232CT-A is basically a string repeater from one interface to another (depending on the mode it's in). Here are two great documents which should give you all the information you need:

1. Helpful Hints for Using the GPIB-232CT-A
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/58763F72C7830BB786256804005D8B77?opendocument

2. Using a GPIB-232CT-A or a GPIB-485CT-A in G Mode
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/862567530005f09c862564df005a468a?OpenDocument

Repost if you are still having trouble!

Best Regards,

JLS