VISA SCIPI command

[jef_sterckx]

I have here a BK precision Capacitance meter.

It works with Labview by VISA

Now i want to get the value of a capacitor on my screen using labview.

I tried the example basicReadAndWrite and i can get the communication up between the device and labview.

My question : What SCIPI command do I have to use to read the capacitor value into labview?

[smercurio_fc]

We have no idea. We do not have the programming manual for the instrument, and we are not BK tech support. Look in the programming manual for the instrument. If you do not have the programming manual, then go to the BK web site and see if they have it available for download. This is all assuming that you did not find a driver for it in the Instrument Driver Network.

[jef_sterckx]

Thanks for the info. The device isn't listed in the Instrument driver section so I contacted B+K

That means every instrument has a different sort of (SCIPI) commands?

The command *IDN?  works with me.

[Dennis_Knutson]

First, it's SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) and despite the 'Standard' part, yes, each instrument is going to have a slightly or greatly different set of commands. The basic syntax is what is standardized.

And *IDN? has nothing to do with SCPI. It's part of the IEEE-488.2 standard.