controlling California Instruments 3091LD Programmable Load with LabVIEW

[Niyam]

I need to control a California Instruments programmable load 3091LD with LabVIEW. It will be connected with GPIB. Can anyone please provide me with some help regarding this issue? It will be highly appreciated if someone could give some example codes for the device.

Thanks.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Niyam wrote:

I need to control a California Instruments programmable load 3091LD with LabVIEW. It will be connected with GPIB. Can anyone please provide me with some help regarding this issue? It will be highly appreciated if someone could give some example codes for the device.

Thanks.

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What is the issue? Just connect up PC's GPIB card to the instrument.

As for example codes, see if there is a LabVIEW driver for the instrument.

Even if there was, you'd still have to write your own code.

If you don't know LabVIEW, either take the NI classes or learn using the tutorials.

[ThiCop]

hello Niyam,

If there's anything specific we can help you with, then please let us know.

[Niyam]

Hi,

Thanks. I was looking for some existing codes for this device. This would help me a lot. I do not have that much expertise to control devices with LabVIEW. So, I would be very grateful if you could give me any code made by someone who already used LabVIEW in this purpose (if you have any). Also, I would much appreciate if you can provide me some indications regarding how to write such codes.

Thanks.

[ThiCop · Accepted solution]

Hello Niyam,

I didn't directly find a LabVIEW Instrument driver for this specific instrument, but there do exist some for other California Instruments devices:

http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/main/p/bot/no/ap/tech/lang/nl/pg/1/sn/ssnav:idr/q/california%20ins...

Next to this I also found this page on their website:

http://www.acdcelectronicloads.com/products/3091LD/3091LD_Downloads.htm

Here they do not mention a LabVIEW driver, but they do have a CVI driver.

You do however find the user manual over there, which can be evry useful.

Can you check with the manufacturer (California Instruments) if they don't posses a LabVIEW Instrument Driver?

Next to this it would also be a good idea to (completely) go through this LabVIEW tutorial:
http://www.ni.com/gettingstarted/labviewbasics/

This already should learn you some basics in LabVIEW.