reading from sr830 lock in amlifier

[Gabe-I]

i'm trying to read output from srs lock in amlifier model 830 and store data to file

[WNM]

OK, so what's the problem?  I've programmed for both the SR810 & SR850 which are both quite like the the 830 and it is reasonably straight forward.

Have you tried using the drivers found here?

[Gabe-I]

I have the driver installed, and tried the LV's gpib example, the lock in is reveicing messages but does not respond back.... 

[WNM]

You are not giving us much to work with here...

I've attached a VI lib (LV v7.1.1) containing a set of routine that collectively will read or set one of the 810 or 850 (and therefore should also handle the 830 as well) status registers.

Before starting LabVIEW you need to first use the "Measurement & Automation Explorer" (M&AE) tool that came with LabVIEW to identify and setup for the instrument. You can and should even use it to test the communications. Once the SRS830 is working with M&AE, close M&AE down and start LabVIEW, open the top-level VI in the LLB and select the 830 instrument in the "VISA session" control. Set the VI "action" to "QUERY" and run it. You should see it read from the instrument.

Message Edited by Warren Massey on 12-24-2005 01:07 PM