Switching from PCI-GPIB to GPIB-USB-HS

[kearnsnm]

I'm currently communicating with several instruments through LabVIEW via PCI-GPIB using multiple 'stacked' GPIB connections at the PCI card. If I switched to a computer with no PCI card, would I be able to use the GPIB-USB-HS to connect to the instruments? Since I wouldn't be able to 'stack' the GPIB connections, would I need an individual GPIB-USB-HS per instrument I'm communicating with? Would there be any issues with addressing the instruments by switching the connections like this?

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

1. You will want to get a GPIB-USB-HS+ since it looks like the GPIB-USB-HS has entered a "Mature" product life cycle status.  In order words, it is almost obsolete.

2. You will just want to do the "stacking" on one of your instruments and attach the GPIB controller at the top of the stack.  Nothing else will change as far as your code.