instrument driver for Agilent N5746A power supply

[HPRF Lab Tech]

:manhappy:Has anyone found a working driver for Labview for a N5746A power supply?  The one on NI's website gives a URL error.  I found Agilents' but theirs seems to have problems also.  Thanks for any help or info in advance!

[Dennis_Knutson · Accepted solution]

The only one on NI's site redirects you to Agilent's web site which takes you here. There is no URL error unless perhaps where you are is doing some blocking.

'seems to have problems' is not a good description of the the issues you are having. You need to provide details, like error codes, etc. Since the driver is probably not a native LabVIEW driver, you will perhaps need to install the IVI Compliance Package.

[HPRF Lab Tech]

Thanks! I was very vague in my details of the problems.  I extracted the Agilent driver but the instrument control vi's on the function pallete had ? in them.  I am trying the ICP420.exe now. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

I followed the instructions in the readme and the functions are all visible on my palette. In windows explorer, expand everything under instr.lib, take a screen shot, save as png or jpg, and post that. I just think you put them in the wrong place.

p.s. I was wrong about requiring the IVI Compliance Package. The driver is actually using all LabVIEW functions. First one I've seen from Agilent that is not a wrapper around C code.

[HPRF Lab Tech]

OK

[Dennis_Knutson]

That's the wrong name for the folder. It should be just "agt_N5700". The mnu files are expecting this name and when it cannot be found, you get the ?. You can modify the mnu files to point to the folder that you have but it's simpler to just rename the folder.

[HPRF Lab Tech]

Thank you! I feel stupid.  I am a newby with Labview and programming.  Thanks again!