Agilent PCI-GPIB not seen

I have an Agilent 82350A PCI-GPIB. The board is visible in the Control panel and it
seems that there is no conflict related to it, but NI-488.2 program does not see the boad, it gives the message that the GPIB board is not detected. I re-installed everything, the board and the program, and it still does not work. I would appreciate some help. Thank you!

The NI in NI-488 stands for National Instruments and not Agilent. The NI-488 functions will only work with an NI board. To use LabVIEW, you will have to use VISA. Install Agilent's version of VISA, make sure that you've got MAX installed and enable Tulip support.

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PCI-GPIB not showing in MAX or correctly in Device Manager.

I am having an issue with the PCI-GBIP working correctly for our setup. I have removed NI 488.2, and all associated software from the computer and have done new installs of NI 488.2 v1.7 and GPIB software.
Configuration for the software allows me to choose the board type, and configure the board.
When I test the board using diagnostics, I get the board as passed.
When I open device manager, it sees the board as PCI Simple Communications Controller. MAX Does not read the card at all.
I am using this to control an ICP-OES using WinLab32, and can get a connection, but am getting a Status Command Failed when attempting to light the plasma. There is communication, but I don't believe that it is all there.
I have tried reinstalling multiple times, but to no avail. There is no NI-VISA on the computer, but I didn't uninstall this either. I attempted to install NI-VISA 4.2 and it stopped communicating entirely.
Any help is greatly appreciated as I am stumped.

Hi Joplrw10,
Which PCI-GPIB card are you using? What OS? It sounds like you may have a driver issue. I would recommend uninstalling all the driver and reinstall according to the below links.
Installing PCI/PCIe-GPIB Controllers
http://www.ni.com/getting-started/set-up-hardware/instrument-control/pci-gpib
Instrument Control in Windows with GPIB: Set-up and Configuration
http://www.ni.com/webcast/1433/en/
Thanks,
Frank
Application Engineer
National Instruments

HP 3478A DMM not seen with PCI/GPIB 488.2

Hi All,
I'm really new at this so watch out... I have an old 3478A which is compliant with the old HP-IB (GPIB) connector and I'm trying to communicate with it using a PCI/GPIB 488.2 card. I found some drivers for Labview and that's wonderful but it simply doesn't work. The automation explorer also doesn't see the device. What am I doing wrong? I read somewhere that you have to enable some old drivers but I the message was somewhat unclear now I'm just desperate. Please help someone.
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thanks

It is possible the cable is faulty. The cables I am using are National Instruments 763061-02 RevC; Type-X2. These cables work on all of the instruments I am using. Check the configuration of your GPIB Card, I have provided screen captures of my current settings that are working for me.
1. As before use the Measurement and Automation Explorer to get to the GPIB Bus under devices.
2.Right click on the GPIB Bus and select properties, you should see the following screen.
3. Click the Configure and on the next screen click Software>> button to see all of the options.
Try these settings(I have not made any changes these should be Default).
Message Edited by AndrewAlford on 11-25-2005 02:23 PM
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Sustainable Energy Technologies
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How can I read the trace data from Agilent(HP)8510C in C++ using NI488.2 and PCI-GPIB ?

Hello! I am trying to develop an application in C++ for measurements with Agilent(HP) 8510C network analyser using NI488.2 and National Instrument's PCI-GPIB card. In HPBASIC the trace data is read using OUTPDATA command which contains PREAMBLE, SIZE and then the data string in real and imaginary pair for the required points. The ibrd function gives data only for one point. Kindly guide me how I can read the whole trace and and separate out the real and imaginary data values. Regards, kapil

Hey Kapil,
It seems that in HPBASIC you were using an instrument driver for the 8510C. OUTPDATA is not a native HPBASIC function. National Instrument has similar instrument drivers for LabVIEW and CVI.
http://zone.ni.com/idnet97.nsf/9b2b33e1993d877786256436006ec498/7b235254f3881ddb862568ab005fbd2e?OpenDocument
http://zone.ni.com/idnet97.nsf/9b2b33e1993d877786256436006ec498/24ca7db880ab78ae862568ab005fbc0f?OpenDocument
For example in the CVI instrument driver you will find a source file called hp8510.c. In the source code you will find a function called hp8510c_dataInRaw that sounds similar to the function that you described.
Note that this example is designed for CVI, but it is possible that you could extract the information you need for C++. If
you had a copy of CVI you could just add the files downloaded from the instrument driver to a project and then compile and run the project. It already contains a ready to run example that allows you to capture data and use your instrument.
If you want try CVI you can download an evaluation copy on-line at http://ni.com/lwcvi/launch.htm.
I hope this helps out,
JoshuaP
National Instruments

PCI-GPIB, 488.2 not working on my G5 OS10.4 with LabVIEW 7.1?

I've followed the intstructions posted this summer from ScottieB for installing NI-488.2 v2.3 on my Mac G5 with OS 10.4.2. (See for example message id=13246). It seems that the driver is now installed correctly, but the NI-488.2 Troubleshooting Wizard fails. The first of three tests passes, i.e., the NI-488.2 Software Presence Verified, but the next one fails. The hardware is not detected apparently. The hardware is a new PCI-GPIB.
ScottieB, or anyone else have any advice?
Thanks for your time.
Sean

Sean,
That's odd...I know you said it's a new card, but could you confirm that it works okay in another machine? PC or Mac? (10.3 might be better if you have one of those around so you don't have to go through all the Tiger steps, just load NI-488.2 v2.3 up and it should "just work"). There is the issue of potentially needing a firmware update, but the troubleshooting wizard should alert you to that fact if it is necessary (again, don't run the firmware update on Tiger, bad things happen).
Let me know.
Scott B.
GPIB Software
National Instruments

PCI-GPIB card not found in linux 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl Fedora Core 1

I am trying to install the nigpib driver on a Fedora Core 1 installation of linux (kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.) The installation script reports the following errors:
Your kernel appears to be configured properly to build NI-GPIB for Linux.
Do you want to proceed? [yn] y
make: `nigpib.o' is up to date.
Copied nigpib.o driver to modules directory /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/char
Devices created.
Probing for PCI-GPIB.
No PCI-GPIB boards detected.
Do you have an AT-GPIB/TNT board installed? [ny] n
/etc/modules.conf is up to date.
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/char/nigpib.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkm
l/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/char/nigpib.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/char/nigpib.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/kernel/drivers/char/nigpib.o failed
I have moved the PCI-GPIB card to the first PCI slot with no differences in the error messages I recieve. When I run dmesg I recieve the following information:
unable to get major 31 for gpib
unable to get major 31 for gpib
unable to get major 31 for gpib
unable to get major 31 for gpib
unable to get major 31 for gpib
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I have this same exact problem. I'd rather not disable USB 2.0, because I use it to transfer files to my MP3 player when in Windows.
I find it hard to "blame the BIOS" when it was working fine under kernel 2.6.7. Anyone know of another solution?
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PCI-GPIB does not like returning from computer power-save mode. I need to restart the application. Uggh! Customer not happy.

It seems volatile memory is lost on the PCI GPIB Card. When the system returns from power-save, I cannot get to my GPIB instruments. I have to close the application and restart it. I've tried unregistering and reregistering the gpib globals and resetting the device interfaces (reissuing the ibdev command) without luck. I am using Visual Basic 6, but I also get the Measurement and Automation Explorer to fail in the same way, so I don't think it is my development environment.

On Sat, 15 May 2004 20:23:58 -0500 (CDT), SQP Products wrote:
>PCI-GPIB does not like returning from computer power-save mode. I
>need to restart the application. Uggh! Customer not happy.
>
>It seems volatile memory is lost on the PCI GPIB Card. When the
>system returns from power-save, I cannot get to my GPIB instruments.
>I have to close the application and restart it. I've tried
>unregistering and reregistering the gpib globals and resetting the
>device interfaces (reissuing the ibdev command) without luck. I am
>using Visual Basic 6, but I also get the Measurement and Automation
>Explorer to fail in the same way, so I don't think it is my
>development environment.
Can you change your power save settings? What operating system
are you running?
Also, some BIOS's have options for power save. For example, recent
IBM's can be set to maintain power to all peripherals, or only to main
memory. Of course, you would want it to maintain power.
I suspect the GPIB board and its driver are completely unable to
handle power save operation. It probably was never considered while
it was being designed.
Aidan Grey

How can I acquire trace data from Agilent(HP)8510c Network Analyser in VB6 using PCI-GPIB and NI-488.2.

I am developing an application in VB6 for measurements with Agilent (HP)8510C network Analyser using NI-488.2 and National Instrument PCI-GPIB card. I want to take data for the whole 51 points. In HPBASIC which used to be employed for this purpose it is done using OUTPDATA command and the data is in a 2-dimensional array. How can I do this in VB6 with the hardware above.
kapil

Hi Kapil:
Please refer to a previous post on the same topic:
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=140&message.id=7758#M7758
Although this is for C++, the basic functionality should be the same. Since OUTPDATA is from a specific instrument driver, your best bet will be comparing it to the instrument drivers mentioned in the previous post.
Thank you,
Emilie S.
National Instruments
Applications Engineer

Configure labview to use agilent 82350B PCI GPIB card

Hi All,
I have just installed a Agilent 82350B PCI GPIB card on my PC, I have up until now been using the NI USB to GPIB adaptor.
How can I configure my LabVIEW settings to be able to use this Agilent interface?
Hope it is a stright forward procudure and that someone can help?
Thanks
Cally.

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Symbolic name for PCI-GPIB card

I am using Agilent's ADS2002 to interact with an HP 8722D VNA via a PCI-GPIB card. I need a symbolic name for the card in order to write or read from the instrument; I've tried the suggested GPIB0 and GPIB1, as well as a few other guesses. Nothing on the card looks like a card number or symbolic name. How can I determine what the symbolic name should be? Thanks.

Hello-
Be sure that the GPIB board passes diagnostics. Also, try doing a Scan for Instruments in MAX. It may be that the board is not yet recognized.
Also, consider using a programming language other than ADS. It may be easier for future upgrades to use a language like C or LabVIEW.
Randy Solomonson
Application Engineer
National Instruments

SRQ Line no longer works on a PCI-GPIB

I have just upgraded a test pc, (tranfering hardware, reinstalling software etc) and now I have a fault with the PCI-GPIB card.
One of the instruments connected to the PC (HP34401 multimeter) uses the SRQ line to indicate when its ready to download its readings. The LV 5.0 code uses the standard legacy drivers from NI and these drivers use the 'wait for SRQ' function which are now timing out in the new setup.
The rest of the card functionality seems ok, and it tests ok. The LV code and cables are fine, because I can run the system with a USB-GPIB-B device.
Has anybody had the same problem?
Could it be a hardware specific driver problem?
The current config is:
1.7GHz PC with 512Mb Ram
PCI-GPIB
PCI-1200
LV 5.0.1
NI-
488.2 Version 2.0
VISA 2.6.1
NIDAQ 6.7
Thanks for your help
Tim

Hi Tim,
I found this knowledge base article which seems to address the same problem:
Why is the Agilent 34401A Driver's Getting Started VI Timing Out?
Hope this helps out.
DiegoF
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I have problems with pci-gpib card under windows me, What I need to know what to do in order to fix this problems?

Hi, I have installed a pci-gpib card in my computer, I have a problem with
installation, the message of troubleshooting wizard is as follow:
"One or more missing GPIB interfaces.
There are several reasons why you might encounter this problem:
Reason: Your GPIB interface is incorrectly installed.
Solution: Please verify that your GPIB interface is correctly installed
and rerun the NI-488.2 Troubleshooting Wizard.
Reason: You are using a non-Plug-and-Play interface (e.g., AT-GPIB/TNT,
GPIB-PCII/IIA, GPIB-ENET) and you did not use the Add New Hardware Wizard
to add the interface to your system properly.
Solution: Click th
e Add Hardware button and the Add GPIB Hardware wizard
will guide you through the process of adding GPIB hardware.
Reason: For the GPIB-USB and GPIB-1394, the host controller (USB or 1394)
must be working properly in order to use the GPIB interface.
Solution: Click on the System Details button for details about the USB and
1394 host controllers.
Reason: For the PCMCIA-GPIB and PCMCIA-GPIB+, the PCMCIA host controller
must be working properly in order to use the GPIB interface.
Solution: Use the Windows Device Manager to verify that your PCMCIA host
controller is functioning correctly. Start the control panel by selecting
"Start>>Settings>>Control Panel", open the System icon and select the
Device Manager page. If you select "View devices by type", you can look at
the PCMCIA socket properties to ensure it is correctly enabled."
And on system details the message is the next:
"USB Driver type: USB universal host controller"
"This version of windows does not su
pport IEEE 1394."
I am using Windows Me, so i want to know what i need to do to fix this
problems.
Best regards.

If you have a PCI-GPIB card, you needn't worry about the USB port or whether or not Windows ME supports 1394. All you need in NI-488.2 version 1.70 from National Instruments. Install this driver and then insert your card. Windows should detect the card and find the proper driver.
If this did not happen in the proper sequence, look in the device manager and see if the card was installed as an "other device". If this happens, remove the card in the device manager and have windows redetect it. If this is not a solution, you may consider the ask an engineer page at www.ni.com/ask. Provide as many details as possible.

How do I determine the interrupt detection sequences for an HP 82350A PCI GPIB card?

I am trying to install an HP 82350A PCI GPIB card in CentOS 6.4. I have installed NI-VISA 5.4.
I tinkered around and found driverwizard in /usr/local/bin. It creates an ini file to control the PCI GPIB card.
I had somehow succeeded in detecting the card (PXI3::0::INSTR). My driverwizard output looks like this
[Module]
ModuleName = "PLX PCI <-> IOBus Bridge"
ModuleVendor = "PLX Technology, Inc."
ModelCode = 0x9050
ManufCode = 0x10B5
SubsystemModelCode = 0x10B0
SubsystemManufCode = 0x103C
VISARegistration = Simple
As you can see, it does not have interrupt handling built into it, so I cannot access it properly.
How do I set up interrupt handling for this card? What are the specifications for the following fields?
Interrupt Detection:
Access Type
Access Width
Address Space
Space Offset
Compare Mask
Write/Compare Value
Interrupt Removal:
Access Type
Access Width
Address Space
Space Offset
Compare Mask
Write/Compare Value
Interrupt Disarm:
Access Type
Access Width
Address Space
Space Offset
Compare Mask
Write/Compare Value
This is the first time I have tried hacking at the PCI interrupt level. At the very least, how do I find out the values for the above parameters? Or at best, straight away what are the values for those parameters?

Their IO Libraries Suite supports only Windows. Our lab probably used Windows before. This 82350A card is quite ancient. I need to use this because we also have ancient instruments that do not have Ethernet.

How can I use the instrument toolbox in MATLAB 6.1 to contol the PCI-GPIB card under Linux?

I'm trying to use the PCI-GPIB controller to control lab equipment through MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1) under Linux. MATLAB's instrument toolbox seems to integrate with NI's board, but the MATLAB documentation says it requires the installation of a driver. I've downloaded the linux gpib driver, and I'm able to run the associated utilities (ibconf, ibic, ibsta), but MATLAB cannot interface to it. For example,
>> g=gpib('ni',0,1)
??? Error using ==> gpib/gpib
The specified VENDOR adaptor could not be found.
Where can I find a MATLAB driver and how can I install it?
Thanks,
Richard

Hello-
The knowledge base: "Can Matlab for Windows Call the National Instruments GPIB Driver?" Also applies to this question as well. This article is very extensive. Try searching on ni.com for "+matlab +gpib" for more details.
Randy Solomonson
Application Engineer
National Instruments

Is there example code for using Ni488 and PCI-GPIB card in non controller mode?

Is there example code for using Ni488 and PCI-GPIB card in non controller mode?

cymrieg,
Your code looks good to me. What is the problem? What happens when it fails? What is the IBSTA value on the controller, and at what point in the code does it stop? What is the IBSTA value on the slave, and at what point does it stop?
One thing is that you might not want to call IBCLR() in a loop on the device. At the beginning of the program is fine...This will send a clear command to the device and will clear out any LACS and TACS bits that might be set. Also your IBDEV call shouldn't be in a loop.
Hope this helps, but let me know if you need more information.
Scott B.
GPIB Software
National Instruments

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