GPIB Problem in Labview

[mclaugb]

I am using an Agilent 82357A USB to GPIB controller.  I have set the NI VISA resource as the primary and the Agilent to Secondary.  I can view the Agilent VISA resource in the Max Explorer.  I have one device connected and under Miscallaneous VISA resources, it shows "GPIB0::INTFC" ,"GPIB0::16::INSTR" , "GPIB0::17::INSTR".  This all seems to be working. 

However, in labview I am trying to use the labview GPIBWrite module/function to address "16".  I have tried using "16" and the three addresses listed above.  However, I cannot communicate to the analyser with this function.

any help is appreciated.

Bryan

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can't use the GPIB functions. Those are only for NI boards. Use the VISA Read and Write functions.

[mclaugb]

Thanks Dennis.  I was given a VI that uses the GBIBWrite function but i will either have to change it, get a Labview card, or not use it.
What a shame!
Bryan

[Dennis_Knutson]

To change a driver that uses VISA instead of GPIB is usually pretty simple but tedious. Generally, it's just a matter of replacing each GPIB Read/Write with VISA Read/Write. You can leave the address string controls as is but I prefer to replace those with a VISA Resource Name.