GPBIB Timeouts with PCI card

[Dave2002]

Hi,

I'm getting timeouts when using a PCI card but everything is OK with a PCMCIA card.

I believe this is related to bus speed but it doesn't improve when I change the timing.

I am using driver 2.5.2 is there an updated driver for this problem?

[JÞB]

What model PCI card?  This often happens when swapping from NI controllers to controllers manufactured by other vendors.

[Andy.G]

Hey Dave,

Would it be possible have a look at your code? Sounds to me like that card is waiting for a signal but not recieving it?

[Dave2002]

Hi,

thanks for both responses.

The Card is an NI PCI.

I don't have the code but attached is an NI spy log in csv format with -410/420 error

Any insight would be appreciated.

Bear in mind this error only appears with a PCI card, PCMCIA is fine.

[Andy.G]

Hey Dave,

There is another forum post I would like you to check out, the error can be caused by improper termination. Check this post out and let me know if it helps:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/GPIB-error-420-with-LabVIEW-and-232CV-A/m-p/1...

[Dave2002]

Thanks for the respone.

We are looking into the termination as not being handled correctly when we get a system error but it's the system error - timeout- in the first instance that is the problem.

I will let you know how things are going.

Cheers.