Is there a LabView6 drivers for SRS SR570 and SR650

[xch]

I cannot find it .please help me

[XD. G]

xch,
We do not have a LabVIEW driver for this device. National Instrument does not develop instrument drivers for the third party products. The drivers on our web site are submitted by the corresponding companies. I checked the web site of Stanford Reserach Systems, the instrument can be programmed using Microsoft C. so my suggestion is, write the driver in C, them build the DLL and import it into LabVIEW using Call Library Function.vi.
But I will first call the company to ask for the driver, they might have the driver already build into the DLL format.

Hope this helps,

XD Gao
Application Engineer,
National Instruments

[sp1978]

Hi,

I am using the SRS 570 ( Low current pre-amp) and do not see the instrument drivers listed in NI page.

Is it that I have to still follow what the application engineer had suggested in the thread in 2001 ? 

I want the instrument drivers to complete my setup. I am running LabView 8.6. Can somebody help me ?

Thanks,

[Dennis_Knutson]

That was, imho, very bad advice 7 years ago and remains bad advice now. If the instruments have a standard programming interface such as RS232 or GPIB (and they appear to have those), there is no reason that you can't write a driver in LabVIEW. There are thousands of drivers on NI site that are written in LabVIEW and to suggest C is your only option, is just plain silly. NI in fact, does write an awful lot of the drivers so I don't understand his comment about that either.

On the main Instrument Driver Network page, there are links on what a driver is and how to develop one yourself. There is also the Instrument I/O Assistant. You may also get lucky and find someone who has already written a driver and will post it here.

[howdi]

I need help in designing a LABVIEW driver for SRS SR570. I will appreciate any help or direction.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Go to the Instrument Driver Network for all of the links on what a driver is, how to use one, how to write one, etc.