GPIB protocols for 191971C-01L

[Niraj Shah]

Hi, I am new to GPIB world, I have GPIB-RS232 Part no: 191971C-01L with me. I have connected with PC and with the use of GPIB Serial Convertor wizard. My question is, 1. Is there any Standard GPIB protocols available which I need to pass through PC and check that the GPIB instrument is responding or not? 2. To send command on serial port, I need to use hyper terminal or some thing else.

 Waiting for quick reply

Thank you,

Niraj Shah

[Dennis_Knutson]

There are some standard commands implemented with IEEE-488.2. If your instrument is compliant, then you can use the *IDN? query. The instrument will respond with it's model number. All of the commands are listed in the manual for your instrument.

Yes, in order to communicate to your instruments with the converter, you will need Hyperterminal or something else.

Any terminal emulator can be used and the majority of programming languages will have support for serial communication.

[Herok]

Please refer to the manual for more instructions that you can use for querying. For example there would be some instructions for reset. You may try those.

Regards,
Pavan