IOTECH GPIB card and Labview

I wish to use IOTECH's Personal488 GPIB card for measurement on HP8510C Network Analyser.  This works fine with QBASIC or C programming.   Can I use Labview for this application using this card ?

Maybe. From doing a search of the forum, I got the impression that at one time, the IOtech driver replaced the NI GPIB driver and used the same low level GPIB commands. I have not found any reference to a VISA driver for the IOtech board and if there isn't one, you will not be able to use the 8510C driver. I think NI purchased IOtech a few years ago but the place for technical support is IOtech itself. You should really contact them about using their card with LabVIEW. I did a quick search of their website though, and cannot find this card listed as a current product and their GPIB driver has not been updated in 8 years.

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