Hi, I'm new to Labview...​How do I export Data to a spreadshee​t from an agilent 8510c using labview 6 and the VI from the NI site?

Question

Hi, I'm trying to export data to a spreadsheet from an Agilent 8510c to a laptop(Win XP) using a PCMCIA-GPIB card, Labview 6 and the VI from the NI site. How do I do this? Ideally I'd like the Magnitude and Phase Data, as pairs for each frequency point, but the Real and Imaginary pairs can work just as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

When you say the "VI from the NI site", I'm going to assume that you mean the HP8510C driver. If that's the case, then VI called HP8510C Application Example should be your starting point. It returns two 1D arrays - real raw data and imaginary raw data. These can be combined with a Build Array function and the resulting 2D array can be wired to the Write to Spreadsheet File function. This will create a tab or comma separated file that Excel or any other spreadsheet program can import. The very simplest program would look something like the attached picture. You may need to modify the instrument program to suit your requirements but this should get you started.
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