Hi,
Actually, I just replied to the email you send to the tech support department. I'm going to copy the email, in case you don't receive it. I'd also like to see if anyone has any other solution or alternative.
"Unfortunately, you cannot have this setup. There has to be a controller in the bus.
I assume that the printer does not have a GPIB interface, which means that it must be connected to the serial port of the GPIB-232CT. The device would operate in G mode. The computer would need a GPIB interface to control the bus. In this configuration, the controller could address the scope as talker and the printer as listener, and let them do the data transfer. In this situation, the controller (PC) is not part of the comunication, but it is needed to
arbitrate the bus.
Another option is to use the two rs-232 of the PC. One would connect to the GPIB-232CT, which would operates in S mode. The GPIB port would connect to the scope. Through this path the scope would transfer data to the PC. The other port can be used to transfer the data to printer. With this setup, you wouldn't need an extra GPIB interface for the PC. You would need to program the application that would arbitrate the communication and the data transfer between the device. Depending on how the instruments would communicate, this application can be fairly simple.
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Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
DiegoF
National Instruments
