Agilent 34410A - Measuring with Matlab through VISA USB

[Marina Swan]

Hello,

I need to make a program in Matlab that read measurements from the 34410A Agilent Digital Multimeter. The connection is through an USB cable.

I don't know if Matlab supports the driver of this equipment. I have already installed the driver and I can send commands with the Agilent Comand Expert software. But when I try to use the following command:

>> voltmeter=visa('agilent','USB0::2391::1543::MY45000322::0::INSTR');

I get the error:

??? Error using ==> visa.visa
Unable to create VISA object.  The required drivers may not be installed properly.
Type 'instrhelp visa' for more information.

Anyone knows if it is necessary to add some code on the Matlab libraries?

Thank everybody in advance,

Marina

[rpurser]

Not sure if the NI forum is the best place to ask this question.  You might have more luck on comp.softsys.matlab or contacting MathWorks technical support.

-Rob

[NathanT]

Hello Marina,
       I agree with Rob.  If you would like to know how to communicate with your instrument using NI hardware or software please feel free to ask here.  We have a couple of different Certified Instrument Drivers for the 34410A., which can make things much easier.

Cheers,

NathanT