VISA OPEN And GPIB to Ethernet (TCP) interface

[Fro2]

 I know that in Labview an interface can be made to a device which uses an Ethernet (TCP) connection, I also know the same can be done via a GPIB interface using VISA OPEN statements.  In fact there are many example codes for both.  I have never done a GPIB interface thus I am doing some preliminary reading on it.  Is there a way to modify a code that is already step-up for a GPIB interface to use an Ethernet (TCP) interface instead? 

Overall I wish to modify and use some of the HIOKI (GPIB interface) example code to drive a HIOKI (Ethernet interface). Code was found on the driver page for Hioki hio88xx.

 

Thanks

  Fro

  

[Dennis_Knutson]

If the driver was written with VISA and the instrument is VXI-11 compliant, you probably won't have to change a thing. The only thing that changes is the VISA Resource Name that you specify. I haven't downloaded the driver. All that I noticed is that it was not written by NI and is not supported.