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GPIB-USB-HS as virtual ISA/PCI card

Hi,

 

Is there a way to configure the GPIB-USB-HS interface as a virtual ISA/PCI card in NiMAX?

NiMAX can recognize my instrument (Varian 220FS) and can communicate with it, but the instrument software is old and doesn't recognize the instrument. It used to have an ISA card GPIB interface, but I am having difficulty obtaining a PC with an ISA slot so I resorted to a USB interface instead but the software doesn't recognize it.

 

I have an update software but with limited functionality, tested using this and it does recognize it. So, I am guessing that the old software only recognize ISA/PCI interfaces.

Hoping there is a way to configure the GPIB-USB-HS as a virtual ISA/PCI interface.

 

Thank you.

 

Kind regards,

Albert

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As long as that software is a Windows software it should simply interface to the according gpib488.dll or ni4882.dll rather than anything else. In that case it should work independent of the used NI hardware interface. If it is a DOS software then things are of course more difficult as those usually tried to access the GPIB board through direct register addressing. And that is not something a Windows driver could emulate (well it could with a lot of kernel driver voodoo, but the effort would be substantial and is at this time simply zero change at all).

Rolf Kalbermatter
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Hello,

Where or how is it possible to found or dowload gpib488.dll ( It's for C# interfacing)

 

Best regards

 

Mathieu

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