Keithley 2400 Problems

[Bommelchen]

Hi,

I'm trying to run a Keithley 2400 SourceMeter with LabView using the latest driver (Keithley 24XX) and the example VI "Keithley 24XX Read Single.vi".

After selecting the GPIB Adress I run the program and Labview throws the following error message:

Error -1074000000 occurred at Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Error Query.vi

Possible reason(s):

Instrument reports:
-113,"Undefined header"
-230,"Data corrupt or stale"
-420,"Query UNTERMINATED"
0,"No error"

Complete call chain:
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Error Query.vi
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Read (Multiple Points).vi
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Read (Single Point).vi
Keithley 24XX Read Single.vi

I also have a Keithley 2000 Multimeter up and runing with it's latest driver and the example program and it works just fine.

What could be the problem?

Thanks in advance!

[Albert.Geven]

You say latest version, which version is listed in the Keithley 24XX Readme.html?

[Bommelchen]

I just installed it yesterday by using the NI Driver Finder:

Driver Revision: 1.2.3

Original Release Date: 12/15/06

Current Revision Date: 02/05/2014

[Albert.Geven]

That is the correct one.

I have no idea what goes wrong and have no testinstrument at hand.

can you send the IOtrace what happens on the bus?

the initialize seems to work, and the rest should also work

[Bommelchen]

OK i just used an other Keithley 2400 from our lab and this one works fine.

Maybe it's a problem with the Firmware because when I select the GPIB adr on the new instrument it asks for SCPI or 488. The old one just asks for the GPIB Adr. 

However, I'll just use the new one and update the firmware on the old one maybe sometime in the future 🙂

[Bommelchen]

trace report is attached

[Bommelchen · Accepted solution]

Me again:

I updated the Firmware to Rev. C32 and now it works!

Greetings!

[Albert.Geven]

thanks for reporting this

[mehrkh]

Hello,

I am using Labview 2013 to try to control a Keithley 2400 Sourcemeter by GPIB_USB.  I am using the labview drivers from the Keithley 24XX drivers package which I downloaded from the "Find Instrument Drivers" in Labview.  My target is to measure the voltage by having constant current.  is there any Labview program which I could use or modify? because I'm totaly new in Labview.

BR,

[crossrulz]

There should be examples with those drivers.  If not, then go through the driver palette and think about what you would do manually.  Find those functions to do what you would do manually.