Keithley 2010 resistance measurement via LabVeiw 8.5

Hello!
I have Keithley 2010 multimeter and I want to measure resistance with it under LabVeiw 8.5. I download needed configs from official web-site. It almost works, however there is one problem. After each resistance measurement multimeter switch to the voltage mode. It's look like: resistance measurement ->voltage mode ->resistance mode->resistance measurement ->voltage mode->resistance mode->... So it mesuare once per second or less. It's not enough fast for me, I need something about 10 times per second. Could you please help me?
Thanks in advance!
Sergey
P.S. http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Fast-readings-with-Keithley-2010-Multimeter/m-p/91867 - doesn't help

I received this answer on Keithley forum:
*RST
ENSE:FUNC 'RES'
ENSE:RES:RANGE 10
ENSE:RES:NPLC 0.01
ENSE:RES:AVERTATE OFF
For I = 1 to 100
:READ?
Now read the unit with a VISA READ
Next I
So I used SCIP commands via VISA WRITEs, and it helped me.
Best regards and thanks,
Sergey

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