Are you sending the query command with ? VISA viWrite
function never sends automatically and your query string must
include an ascii 0x0A at the end. NI-488.2 may send with a
condition of the EOT parameter.
But, normally most gpib instruments must accept cmd/query strings
without as long as EOI signal is added at the ending byte...
makoto
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> i can send commands to the newport but when asking a query such as d?
> it fails on the recieving end as if we are asking it to respond too
> fast. The eBus(14) is the most common error when it fails and we have
> to reset the newport device to get communications back. Can someone
> please respond with a solution. Usei
ng win2000 Dell(optiplex - ???)
> pent3-933 256MB PCI-GPIB, Labview 6.0i. Newport 1835-c is a 488.1
> device needing termination how do i set this up correctly?