multiple visa aliases

[Steve_Block]

Is it possible to assign multiple visa aliases to a single instrument? I would like to do this so I can make my software interchangable with stations that have either one or two of the same instrument.

[Albert.Geven]

If the system has only one instrument, you probably have other logic than when you have two instruments.

An easier way to deal with this is to have an array of visa resource names instead of a single resource name.

[Steve_Block]

Is there a way to configure max to accept two different aliases for the same instrument?

[JÞB]

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@Steve Block wrote:

Is there a way to configure max to accept two different aliases for the same instrument?

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No-  MAX aliases are unique per instrument instance.  However, you can have an unlimited number of MAX configuration files.  and these files can contain the aliases.  So, in effect you could create a routine that identifies the Machine and associates it with a specific MAX configuration on a test by test basis.  e.g. For test A running on Station X use the *.nce located at G:\... and use the MAX Copy Configuration.vi to programatically load the configuration (and all the aliases)