Don:
Would you be able to use a simple A/B switch?
There are some switches available to allow several controllers
to access a single device, one at a time. They operate the
same way as serial port or printer switches.
Aidan Grey
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:21:04 -0600 (CST), DonL wrote:
>I need to control a single GPIB device from two different Unix
>workstations each with a NI-GPIB board. They need to synchronize
>access, and one of them can be the master controller. I have never
>seen this configuration (two boards, one device) mentioned in any of
>the documentation, and was wondering if it was valid, and if so could
>anyone point me to documentation or sample code, or offer advice on
>implementing this setup.