Need Anritsu 68337c Signal Generator driver for Labview 2020 or similar examples

[rf_antenna_guy]

Hello community,

we have in our lab an old discontinued Signal Generator from Anritsu 68337c witch I want to  control via GPIB with Labview 2020.

I didn't find a Labview driver for this specific modell on the NI website or the Anritsu homepage yet.

Is this old hardware compatible with some other drivers which I can download.

Or has someone a example VI  how to control frequency and power via GPIB which he can share with me ?

With best regards

M. 

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi guy,

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@rf_antenna_guy wrote:

we have in our lab an old discontinued Signal Generator from Anritsu 68337c witch I want to  control via GPIB with Labview 2020.

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According to this spec found in a manual for your device:

all you need is the programming manual, which lists all the GPIB commands.

Then you can use VISA functions to communicate with your device and send the needed commands…

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

According to this Programmer Reference Manual it is a SCPI compliant device. That doesn't mean that it will work with just any SCPI compliant Signal Generator driver, since SCPI does not guarantee exact command syntax compatibility but it does guarantee a certain minimum command set compatibility such as the standard IEEE488.2 common command set.

Most interesting in that manual is the fact that it is documented as being for the whole 683xx series of Anritsu devices so if you can find an instrument driver for any 638xx device it is very likely to actually work for your device too, with the exception of certain extra features such as maximum number of channels or modes etc. For instance this one might be a promising start point, although I'm not sure what the B versus C letter at the end would signify. Most often it is a revision indicator that means that the hardware has been somewhat revisioned but the programming interface is seldom modified for that aside from some minor additions to the protocol to support some new features sometimes. NI also has drivers for 680xx, 681xx, and 682xx instrument series which very likely are simply different variants of the same device and could have potentially probably all implemented in one single driver.

[rf_antenna_guy]

Hi,

thank you the hint with the diver for 68xxx helps me to find a working solution for me.

Thank you guys for your support.

Take care

M: