Communicate to a Fluke 8840a, VB, IEEE-488; Error ECIC(1)

I am trying to communicate to a Fluke 8840a using VB 6/Measurement Studio via IEEE-488
Using Explore GPIB I can scan and find the DMM. However when ever I try to “Communicate with Instrument” I’m getting a ECIC (1) error [NI Spy] no matter what is typed into the “send string”. I have been through the help files and nothing has worked or I am doing something wrong [most likely].
I have look at the fluke example and other examples and it is not much help as I keep getting the CIC error
I know the interface works on the DMM because it is calibrated through the port.
NI-488.2 Version is 1.6, NI Spy is 1.4. My development system is Windows 2000 [no out side net connection]
Any help is much appreciated

Matt S,
This was not the answer I was hoping for but what I sort of expected. The reason was the additional paper work I needed/had to go through to allow the download of the executable from the net.
I got the upgrade installed and was able to read the DMM through the Explorer with no problem. From here, I do not expect any further problems.
Thanks Again
Matt

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