How to use an HPIB-Card (82350PCI) with LabVIEW ?

[rrawer]

IS there a simple way to interface/use an HPIB-card (HP 82350 PCI) in
LabVIEW ?


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[Erik Buck]

On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:20:17 +0100, Rainer Rawer
wrote:

>
>IS there a simple way to interface/use an HPIB-card (HP 82350 PCI) in
>LabVIEW ?
You will have to install HP-VISA and configure it for the use with
LabVIEW by running the LabVIEW Solution Wizard/Instrument Wizard.
After this you should be able to use the LabVIEW VISA-functions to
communicate with the HP-GPIB card. Using the LabVIEW GPIB-functions
will not work.

[joel_escalante@yahoo.com]

Were can I download HP-VISA?

[Rob Cole]

The HPIB VISA drivers are available through Agilent support (http://www.agilent.com). You will need to search for the card number. HPIB VISA should have come with the drivers for your HPIB card.

When using an HPIB card with LabVIEW, you will need to use the "standard" VISA naming practice. If your HPIB card is the first GPIB card in your system and you have an instrument on bus # 19 then the name will be:
GPIB0::19::INSTR. You then do not have to worry about what the set name in MAX is (MAX doesn't work with the HP cards anyway).

Rob