Keithley 2400 Problems

Hi,
I'm trying to run a Keithley 2400 SourceMeter with LabView using the latest driver (Keithley 24XX) and the example VI "Keithley 24XX Read Single.vi".
After selecting the GPIB Adress I run the program and Labview throws the following error message:
Error -1074000000 occurred at Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Error Query.vi
Possible reason(s):
Instrument reports:
-113,"Undefined header"
-230,"Data corrupt or stale"
-420,"Query UNTERMINATED"
0,"No error"
Complete call chain:
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Error Query.vi
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Read (Multiple Points).vi
Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Read (Single Point).vi
Keithley 24XX Read Single.vi
I also have a Keithley 2000 Multimeter up and runing with it's latest driver and the example program and it works just fine.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance!
Solved!
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There should be examples with those drivers. If not, then go through the driver palette and think about what you would do manually. Find those functions to do what you would do manually.
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Hello!
I am recentely having some problems with the "Read Single Point Measurements" function in Labview 2012. I have already sucessfully used my Keithley 2400 in other programs to sweep the voltage, but now I am trying to use it also to read the current across my sample.
I wrote a very simple program, which resemble the one you can find among Labview examples (see 1st attachment). The only differences are a sweep-subVI and a "for" cycle. My problem occurs at the "Read" Keithley function. On the Keithley's screen I have the following errors:
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I have found a lot of posts on this topic, but unfortunately I could not find the any solution for me. I also tried the 2nd attached program, to check the comunication to the instrument, but errors still occur. In "Measurements and Automatic", it says that the instrument is working properly.
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The following video demonstrates how to check the firmware revision: http://www.keithley.nl/centralized_display?mn=2400&assetid=55934.
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I am trying to acquire data from keithley 2400 using labview 9, NI VISA 4.5.1, and serial RS 232 interface.
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Kindly help in debugging
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Keithley 24XX Read Single.vi ‏24 KB

you guys are amazing!
I switched off all other vi and tested the "Basic serial read and write.vi". It worked fine.
So the first step regarding MAX communication is ok.
Now, i tested the attached "Read (Single Point).vi and it showed the following error, after some time.
code = -1073807339
VISA Read in Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Error Query.vi->Keithley 24XX.lvlib:Read (Single Point).vi
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I use Keithley 2400 to Measure I-V curve, at a sweep mode, like scan the V from 0 to 0.2 V, at low NPLC(eg. 0.1), the data can be recorded very successful and save to data.txt. But when I increase the NPLC (eg. 5 or 10,), this vi usually cause some problem. When the scan votage reach the 0.2 V, the keithley display panel stops at 0.2V and shows this current, the VI still shows at working, and no data recorded in the data.txt. In the correct process, Keithley display panel shoud show the "OFF" and the VI also stop working, and the data recorder correctly. Could some one help me out of this? Thank you very much.
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Hello all,
I tried to controll a keithley 2400 source meter with Labtracer using a NI GPIB-USB-HI card but when I run the test is send me this error message: "There was ab error reported on Visa Read in Query. Test aborted. Error code: -1073807339"
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Keithley 2400 Meter Read dans une boucle - probleme de status byte read

Bonjour,
j'utilise un Keithley 2400 pour mesurer un potentiel. J'ai débuté en utilisant le modèle Read.vi du driver. Dans mon cas, la portion "read single" se trouve dans une boucle for et après un certain nombre de mesures (cela semble aléatoire), la fonction gèle et en remontant les étapes, on découvre qu'il s'agit de la lecture de "status byte" qui ne reçoit aucune réponse en amont. Il faut alors redémarrer complètement le programme. Celà survient à chaque fois et après un nombre d'itérations variable.
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Bonsoir PG123,
Ce que je vois directement dans votre VI c'est le fait que vous exécutiez à la vitesse maximum votre boucle While sans le moindre cadencement ne laissant ainsi jamais de temps disponible au processeur pour effectuer d'autres tâches. Il est propable de plus que l'instrument ne supporte pas un nombre de requêtes aussi élevée saturant peut être son buffer ou ne laissant pas le temps à l'instrument d'écrire correctement les valeurs.
De plus, je pense que vous n'avez pas besoin de récupérer à la vitesse maximum toutes les valeurs possibles provenant de votre instrument. C'est pourquoi je pense qu'une lecture toutes les 200ms suffirait déjà amplement.
Voici donc à quoi devrait ressembler l'intérieur de votre boucle While :
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Thanks very much!
Now I learnt that, I should be always suspicious even with "official" libraries and drivers.
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bonjour,
J'ai fait un programme
qui me permet de mesurer le courant d'un échantillon par pas de temps
sur un KEITHLEY 2400 :
(source V / Mesure I toutes les secondes
)on envoie une tension fixe et on mesure le courant par intervalle de
temps.
Le VI fonctionne bien sous LABVIEW2009 avec les
bibliotheques du 2400 et seul le module KE24XX_READ se trouve dans une
étape d'une boucle n dont je mesuse le temps à chaque mesure.
Le
probleme se corse lorqu'on veut faire des mesures rapides (toutes les
ms)
Le module prend 150ms pour faire sa mesure et je suis passé à
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ces commandes fonctionnent dans le NI Exploreur (WRITE SOURC:FUNC VOLT
ou OUTP ON par exemple) mais pas avec les modules GPIB WRITE.
Est
ce que quelqu'un aurait déjà fait du sourceV/MesureI par code source ?
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d'avance

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bonjour,
J'ai fait un programme qui me permet de mesurer le courant d'un échantillon par pas de temps sur un KEITHLEY 2400 :
(source V / Mesure I toutes les secondes )on envoie une tension fixe et on mesure le courant par intervalle de temps.
Le VI fonctionne bien sous LABVIEW2009 avec les bibliotheques du 2400 et seul le module KE24XX_READ se trouve dans une étape d'une boucle n dont je mesuse le temps à chaque mesure.
Le probleme se corse lorqu'on veut faire des mesures rapides (toutes les ms)
Le module prend 150ms pour faire sa mesure et je suis passé à la programmation par code source avec des GPIB WRITE et READ
Or ces commandes fonctionnent dans le NI Exploreur (WRITE SOURC:FUNC VOLT ou OUTP ON par exemple) mais pas avec les modules GPIB WRITE.
Est ce que quelqu'un aurait déjà fait du sourceV/MesureI par code source ?
Merci d'avance
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