08-21-2017 05:53 PM
I've been looking all over but have been unable to find any information about reading the Model or Vendor information about an instrument. If I open up NI MAX and expand Devices and Interface, I can click on the VISA interface for my instruments and see the Vendor and Model information for all my GPIB and TCP/IP connected devices. Is it possible to read that same information using the NI-VISA driver? I'm using NI-VISA 17.0 in C#.
Thanks
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08-21-2017 06:11 PM
Nevermind, I just figured out I need to use the VISA command *IDN? to query the instrument identification.
08-22-2017 05:08 AM
@Retik wrote:
Nevermind, I just figured out I need to use the VISA command *IDN? to query the instrument identification.
That works as long as the instrument follows the SCPI standard. There are many out there that don't. Some have a different command, others have no way to get that data.