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CEC PC-488 gpib card not seen by Labview

Hello,

I have a CEC PC-488 gpib card installed in Windows 98. LabView 6 didn't see it in the MAX program. I've seen a similar post and need an answer of how to get done. Lan, did you figure it out.

Anthony
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MAX is designed to work only with National Instrument's products. It is designed with NI driver architecture in mind. It's purpose is to provide a simple interface from which you can access/test/configure you National Instrument's based hardware.

That being said, LabVIEW in no way prohibits the use of third-party hardware not recognized by MAX. The GPIB functions palette and VISA functions were designed for NI-488 (NI GPIB driver). As such, it is not compatible with other vendor's hardware.

To access the board from LabVIEW, you will either need a language interface for the board or a VISA distribution. Both of these would have to be provided by or be compatible with the CEC board. If these are not available, you will need to use Call Library Functions to direc
tly access the driver shipped with the CEC board. This direct access of the driver is exactly the same approach as you would from any other environment (Direct Entry). Documentation on the driver would be best provided to you by the vendor.
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