I have an error with the hpe363xa instrument driver. Where do I go from here?

Question

I have the latest versions of labview, max, gpib, ivi engine,... I downloaded the hpe363xa driver (for Agilent E3633A power supply). MAX configured the gpib ok (can communicate with instrument and gpib tests run ok). When I run the hpe363xa Getting Started.vi (only changed the Resource Name to match instruments gpib address) I get the following error message:
Error -1074135024 occurred at hpe363xa Configure Current Limit.vi
Possible reasons:
Driver Status: (Hex 0xBFFA0010) Invalid value.
Secondary Error (Hex 0xBFFC0004) Parameter 4 out of range, or error occurred while setting Parameter 4.
Elaboration: Current Limit
---end of error message
This error o
ccurs in the call to hpe363xa_ConfigureCurrentLimit(); in the DLL. The current limit value is ok right up to the function call vi (calls the c function in the DLL), so presumably the "error occurred while setting Paramter 4", whatever that means.
A possibly related issue is that even though I have IVI installed and it shows up under My System\Software in the configuration tree, there is no My System\IVI in the configuration tree (like MAX and other documentation implies there should be). I tried re-installing IVI, but did not try re-installing MAX.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Hi,
Just back from holiday and spotted your question.
I had a similar problem a while back and resolved it with some modifications to the IVI example with IDT 1.1. ( IviDCPwr [MSR] - Output DC Volts.vi ).
Attached is my vi. This vi is intended to run with a sperate Initialise.vi and close vi but as you will see the initialise and close are encased in case statements.
The VI is labVIEW 5.1.1, IVI IDT 1.1 library.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer
Attachments:
setpowersuply_ividcpwr.vi ‏112 KB