Using PC w/ GPIB as an ENET?

[Kenneth Porter]

Does there exist any software that can be loaded on a PC with a GPIB card
to make it look like an ENET to another PC?

I have a PC in one room, inside an instrument, connected to GPIB devices in
the instrument and connected to the LAN. In another room I have a networked
development system. I'd like to be able to test application code on the
development system without running a separate GPIB cable or fitting an ENET
into the instrument cabinet.

[rtamblin]

This will be possible to accomplish, but the programming will not be very trivial. You will not be able to make your GPIB look like an ENET box. Instead, you will need programs running on both ends, one in the development environment that will translate GPIB calls to network calls, and the other in the instrument that can translate the network call back to a GPIB call. If you are using LabVIEW, this can be accomplished with VI Server. Otherwise, you will need to write a socket routine using TCP/IP. Of course, the easy solution is to use our GPIB-ENET box instead.

Ryan Tamblin
Applications Engineer
National Instruments