How to read the *IND? with LabView ? LCR-Meter HP4263A

[Dennis_Knutson]

Okay, I looked it up with Google and it seems it would work like the serial to GPIB converters from NI. It uses a FTDI ship which I have used and the driver should make the device visible in MAX as a serial port. Test it with Hyperterminal and see if you can talk to the instrument. Send a simple query like *IDN? and see if you get anything back. There is also a sample LabVIEW program available for download at http://prologix.googlepages.com/resources. If that works, then modify the 4263A driver to add serial support. This is basically adding the ability to set com settings and add a termination character.

[slipstick]

While you were answering, I discovered that there was a setting I had to save to an ini file for the device. The GPIB device address on the bus was set wrong. So now I am talking to the meter with their vi and can modify the 4263 driver and add it to my program.

Thanks for your help!

Tay