Where do I get HP8753ES drivers for Labview 8.2?

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  I am in the process of updating some Labview code to 8.2. Where do I find drivers for the HP8753ES that is compatable with Labview 8.2? I looked at the NI website and the drivers listed are for Labview 8.0, will they work with Labview 8.2? There are also "project style" of drivers, is there a difference?

Regards,

Kaspar

[Dennis_Knutson]

Of course they are compatible.

The project was introduced with LabVIEW 8.0. It is a way of organizing VIs and other files. It is much better than the old llb that drivers were distributed as. You can read more about LabVIEW projects in the on-line help.

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  Thanks for getting back to me, I will use the "project-style" type of drivers.

Regards,

  Kaspar

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  I went to the NI website and downloaded the HP8753 drivers. I am still missing the following vi's,

1. HP8753 Close
2. HP8753 Initialize
3. HP8753 Set Format
4. HP8753 Collect Data
5. HP8753 Trigger
6. HP8753 Set Measurement

   I will try the HP website to see if they have any drivers for the HP8753 that may contain the vi's that I am looking for.

Regards,

 Kaspar

[Dennis_Knutson]

You won't find them on Agilent's web site. You'll find them in the file you downloaded. It seems you did not do the project style driver. The files you want are in hp875x.llb. After unzipping the file, you have a folder called hp875x. Per the instructions, you are supposed to place that folder in your instr.lib folder. Did you do that?

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  I will download the drivers again and hopefully this time I will get the vi's I am missing.

Regards,

 Kaspar

[Kaspar]

Hello,

   I downloaded the HP8753ES project style drivers and was not able to find the library that you referred to above. Any ideas?

Regards,

Kaspar

[Dennis_Knutson]

You are mixing up different drivers. The first one you downloaded must have been the traditional one because of the names of the VIs you seem to have misplaced. The llb and all of the files were there - I downloaded and verified that. Now, you downloaded the project style driver. Those VIs are name a bit differently. The project style driver has a .lib and all of the necessary VIs are in there. Pick one driver and stick with that. I suspect that your original problem was caused by you not placing the unzipped files in the correct folder. Please pay attention to the directions on the download page for the correct installation procedure. If you do that, then after restarting LabVIEW, all of the VIs will be on your instrument driver palette.

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  I am making progress on the drivers for the HP8753ES, I have to use the "plug and play" drivers for Labview 8.0 and I was able to find most of the missing vi's. I am still missing the "HP8753 Collect Data" vi, does anyone know when I can get it from?

Regards,

Kaspar

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't know why you think you 'have' to use the plug&play driver instead of the project style but there is no subVI called HP8753 Collect Data and none of the VIs in the driver call a function called HP8753 Collect Data. There is a subVI called HP8753 Collect and Display Data. What exactly are you doing that you cannot find a subVI? Do you have the driver functions on your palette? Where exactly did you place the unzipped folder. If you have done the installation correctly, you will have a palette just like the one below and there is no need to search for anything. They will just be there.

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 09-24-2007 12:08 PM