Data acquisition

[zaharoff]

Hi,

I have bought a Kistler charge sensor with its amplifier. It has been delivred with a software using labview, but it does not work on my computer because it uses LabView 6.0 and I have the 7.1 on my computer.

I would like to know how to get data from the com1 port from my computer. The amplifier is plug on this port.

Thanks.

Benjamin.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The conversion of 6.0 to 7.1 should be transparent and most VIs will run with no problem. What exactly doesn't work? To read or write data to a com port, you use the VISA Read/Write functions on the Instrument I/O>Serial palette. Make sure that VISA is installed on your system. If the 6.0 software used the old, obsolete serial functions, it's possible there is a problem with the conversion to VISA. You should also verify that you can talk to the instrument in a terminal emulator program such as Hyperterminal just to verify that you have the right cable and communication parameters set corretly.

[zaharoff]

Ok, it does work.

Thanks for your help.

Benjamin.