Emulation d'un port com via un port USB en LabView

Bonjour,
Dans le cadre d'un projet, un FPGA (vertex V6) m'envoie des trames de données à interpréter dans LabView. Le soucis qui se pose est le suivant, voulant traiter les données dans LabView, comment est-ce que je peux paramétrer le NI-VISA pour recevoir les trames ?
Le soucis réside dans le fait que mon matériel FPGA n'a pas d'identifiant propre et que je n'arrive pas à le configurer proprement . Doit-je passer par un adaptateur USB-Série ou bien existe-t'il une solution purement logicielle ?
Merci d'avance.
Résolu !
Accéder à la solution.

Bonjour Sylvain_j05,
Le driver VISA propose un jeu de fonctions haut niveau qui permettent d'appeler des fonctions bas niveaux. Si vous utilisez un port USB en partant de votre PC, vous devrez avoir également un port USB disponible sur votre matériel contenant le FPGA et permettant de récupérer ses valeurs. Sinon, un adaptateur Série-USB peut être envisagé s'il n'y a qu'un port série disponible sur votre matériel.
Vous pouvez également essayer un adaptateur USB-Série sur votre PC (si ce dernier ne dispose pas de port série directement intégré) qui vous permettra d'avoir des ports série directement disponibles depuis votre programme sous LabVIEW.
Exemple d'adaptateurs existants : NI USB-232, NI USB-232/2, NI USB-232/4
N'hésitez pas à fournir davantage d'informations et notamment à répondre aux questions d'Helmut O'Brian.
Cordialement,
Jérémy C.
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