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What is the correct command sequence code in Labview that will take an instrument out of Remote and put it in Local mode?

I am writing a routine in Labview 5.1 that will capture the screen data on a Network Analyzer after configuring the display. The routine to capture the data is working fine but when I try to send the equipment into local to allow me to manually make another change to the data I want to capture, the analyzer will go into a listen mode. The command I am sending to the analyzer using the 488 misc function is "loc". I've notice that is seems to put the anayzer into listen mode which will not respond to the commands to capture the screen data again.
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Check the manual for the instrument. Some instruments do not have a specific command to go into local (or remote) mode. Tektronix oscilloscopes use the GTL command to Go To Local. HP and Agilent instruments do not have a command for this.
It's been a while since I used LV5.1, but in LV6, there is a VI under Instrument I/O->488->488.2 that allows you to set instruments into local mode. Hopefully, the same VIs exist in LV5.1.

Rob
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I confirm that.
The sub-vi is "enable Local" or "enable Remote" and it's ok for GTL.
Thanks for this info.
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