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How to check equipment utilization ?

Hi ,

 

i am trying to monitor how many times the instrument status like how many times the communication has happened between PC and instrument in a day or if it is idle on a system . Is there any VISA command that can be used to check the number of times the instrument is called or any other way to do so ?

 

Thank you

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NI-Spy ??

Wireshark?

 

Depending on the instrument, some count relay switches, last recal etc

If you run you own program, no problem to add your own log-file

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Henrik

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Hi Henrik,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

regarding NI-SPY , i guess we need to run it in background always while running the main program and also i am not sure if it work for 3rd party instrument.

 

yes we can do something like data logging , however i was looking if there is any function in windows or any VISA function which can tell how many times the communication has happened  . 

 

Thanks.

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