Sample VI DL3021A

[Transt]

I am looking for the LabVIEW driver for the Rigol DL3021A. If anyone has a sample VI that they could share, it would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Steve

[Kyle97330]

There don't appear to be premade drivers for this.

However, it does appear to be a very standard SCPI + VISA device.  There's tons of general code out there using that.

I believe that you'll just have to make your own drivers.  A "sample VI" would just be any one of the dozens of VIs out there that send a *IDN? query and get a reply back.

[Transt]

Hi Kyle,

I'm having trouble connecting to the device following your instructions and need some guidance on how to begin with the VI.

While I noticed it seems to be a standard SCPI + VISA device with a lot of general code available, I'm still unsure how to get started.

I understand that creating custom drivers might be necessary and that a sample VI could simply involve sending a \*IDN? query to get a response. Any initial steps or specific resources you could point me to would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

Steve

[Kyle97330]

That device appears to support 3 different connections (USB, Ethernet, Serial RS-232).

If you're using Serial, you can start with one of the NI examples:

<LabVIEW 20xx folder in Program Files>\examples\Instrument IO\Serial\Continuous Serial Write and Read.vi

If you're using something else, then as long as you can get the instrument to show up as a VISA reference you can probably still use that same example except you delete the first half where it sets up things like the baud rate, flow control, and termination characters.

[Transt]

I've encountered an issue with two driver VIs I found that are using USB and haven't been able to get them to work correctly.

Could you please offer some guidance or assistance?