How to create a specific GPIB session in labview when using GPIB to USB

[reesethelabviewguy]

I created a program in the LabView development environment with equipment that used the GPIB-USB-HS hardware to communicate between them and the computer. I have done this with other tests and had no problems. However, the problem happens when I create an executable and installer for a lab computer. According to MAX I have been using GPIB-USB-HS"GPIB1" to create my executeable and when I went to the lab computer to install it, that computer registered(again according to MAX) the same piece of hardware as GPIB-USB-HS"GPIB0". After I figured this out I realized I have 2 different USB to GPIB devices connected to the LabView environment" computer. I was creating the executable as a hard-coded GPIB-USB-HS"GPIB1" and when I went to run it on the lab computer it wasn't finding that piece of hardware because it was being reffered to as GPIB-USB-HS"GPIB0". I created 2 sessions on the lab computer with my extra GPIB to USB device to temporarily fix the problem, but is there a way I can hard code what session the GPIB will be used as? I attached a screenshot of my lab computer with max running and showing both GPIB to USB devices.

Thanks for your help!

[RTSLVU]

Well first I must state the obvious: Do not hardcode your GPIB addresses.

If you must hardcode then remember that if your target machine only has one GPIB interface then it will always be "GPIB0"

[Dennis_Knutson]

Instead of using GPIBx:: address;;INSTR, create and use an alias such as DMM, Scope, or something similar. You can change what the alias points to in MAX even if you change from GPIB to Ethernet or USB.