LabVIEW & HP GPIB card

Is there any way to use an HP 82350 GPIB card
with LabVIEW? Neither HP or National Instruments
seem to have any LabVIEW drivers for HP cards.
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The NI knowledgebase (20KCIS7Z) adresses how to use an HPIB board from within LabVIEW. The article (URL below) was found by searching the Knowledgebase for "hpib and labview"
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/e56d3d4866be0a8a86256942006626f0?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,hp,gpib

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Hello tongxin,
Yes the HP GPIB card can work in LabVIEW. Please see the following link for more information.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/e56d3d4866be0a8a86256942006626f0?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,hp,gpib
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I tried to configure (GPIB) everything standard.
when I try a 488 command initialze, I get the controller conflict, when i don't do this I get atime out problem either by 488 write-command or by 488.2 send-command.
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working: Win 95, LV 5.0, GPIB-card/TNT (plug & play)
not-working: WinNT, LV 5.1, GPIB-card/PCI
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Hello community,
I have to upgrade and extend an old LabView system. The old system
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without problems. It uses the standard GPIB VIs in LabView to
commumicate with measuring devices, sensors, supplies, heaters, etc.
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devices under LabView 5.1/Win98 and *exactly* the same GPIB devices
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then close the GPIB. No more. I don't understand why something that
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newer version (I could understand it vice versa).
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driver in LabView 5.1', but these 'drivers' are no real drivers. They
just form the string to write to GPIB for the GPIB device,
respectively. No more. And the string to write didn't change because
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ancient), but a general problem. Could it be that I miss something in
the configuration of the GPIB card? In LabView 5.1 I can configure the
GPIB in the Measurement and Automation Explorer (GPIB Properties). I
would like to verify the configuration with that used in LabView
4.01/Win3.11. I do not have an Automation Explorer in LabView
4.01/Win3.11. How do I get the same information there?
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system is on a 486 PC and certainly uses an older PCI GPIB card. The
newer system runs on a Pentium II and uses a brand new PCI GPIB card
from NI. I tried to installate LabView 4.01 on the newer PC (yes,
after having removed LabView 5.1), but the GPIB VIs didn't work
either. Note, however, that it is LabView 4.01 for Windows 3.1
(16bit), (we only have the 16bit version) so, I am actually not
surprised that it doesn't work with Win98. Some person suggested to
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IMHO.
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documentation of the GPIB write VI in both versions. It is exactly the
same. It would be more than strange, anyway.
When I tried to write a GPIB 'driver' and I have a working driver for
an older version than I analysed the string the old VI writes to the
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Maybe another person has some experience and give me a hint what
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Best regards
Johannes

Hi Joe,
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:32:37 -0600 (CST), JoeLabView
wrote:
>Wow... That's a lot of info..
>
>First of all, let me understand the scenario.
>
>1. Newer PC from 486 to P-II.
>2. From Win-3.11 to Win-98.
>3. Newer GPIB cards.
>4. Upgrade to LV-5.1
>5. vi's remained unchanged from LV4.01.
>6. Instruments are the same, same cables, etc.
>
>The problem is the inability to communicate with the instruments or
>inability to configure them.
Correct.
>
>
>Let's look at the additional info:
>
>"I really can't understand why I get a GPIB error 3 with *most* of the
>devices under LabView 5.1/Win98 and *exactly* the same GPIB devices
>and VIs."
>
>So you are able to communicate with some of the devices.
Yes, with two of them, because I could get *working* LabView 5.1
drivers for these devices. I didn't have to write them myself. I have
looked at the drivers for these devices. One is a Keithley 2000
driver. Internally it uses the standard GPIB write VI. The other is a
VISA driver for a Toellner power supply.
>
>My first question would be:
>Q: Did you use MAX (Measurement & Automation eXplorer) to detect your
>GPIB card and find the instruments? The GPIB interface should show up
>under "Devices & Interfaces". It probably does since you are able to
>communicate with some.
Yes, I can find all instruments when I scan in the MAX, even if one
instrument (a Heraeus-Voetsch HT4004 oven) doesn't return an
identification string. But that is no error because the oven is
connected via a GPIB to serial interface converter (from the same
company.) and I guess they just wanted to get conversion done without
cosmetics
>Otherwise, I would recommend looking into the
>device driver info within "System" in Control Panel of Win-98 to
>determine if there is a conflict with the board..
I can even query the HT4004 for *IDN? and I don't get an error. (I
just get a white space (?) because the HT4004 doesn't return an
identification string as I wrote above, but I don't get an error).
In fact, this HT4004 is the last GPIB instrument that doesn't work,
because I have found a substitute or a workaround for *all other*
instruments that didn't work. But I *have* to use this HT4004. And it
is no instrument specific error because in the beginning I got this
error with allmost all GPIB instruments.
>"the GPIB devices didn't change."
>
>Did you install a new GPIB card? Device... you mean instrument,
>right?
Yes. The new LabView 5.1 system is running on another PC with another
brand new GPIB card from NI, but the GPIB instruments (measuring
devices, HT4004) didn't change.
>
>
>"Could it be that I miss something in
>the configuration of the GPIB card? In LabView 5.1 I can configure the
>GPIB in the Measurement and Automation Explorer (GPIB Properties). "
>
>Maybe.. So try this..
>
>In MAX, go to Devices and Instruments, select the "troublesome"
>instrument and click on "Communicate with Instrument". Here, you can
>send your string and see "manually" the response from the instrument
>or observe the behaviour of the instrument based on the command or
>string that you send it. That will tell you a lot about the
>communication over GPIB..
I have tried this, but nothing happens. The HT4004 should turn on a
ventilator and begin to warm up. Tomorrow, I will try it again, I am
not in the Lab today. But you mean that I should do a *write*, not a
*query* with the string?
>"I would like to verify the configuration with that used in LabView
>4.01/Win3.11. I do not have an Automation Explorer in LabView
>4.01/Win3.11. How do I get the same information there?"
>
>Focus on the newer LV5.1. You're stepping up...Don't turn back. ;o)
Yes. I just want to check if the configuration is special in the
LabView 4.01 system (maybe a check on 'send EOI with EOS or another
timing).
I would actually turn back to a 4.01 system that works instead of a
7.0 system that doesn't. However, I would definitely not turn back to
Win16.
>That would indicate that the problem is not the newer version of LV,
>but more likely related to the GPIB card or setting. Did you get
>those newer GPIB cards to work?
Hmm, it works with the Keithley and Toellner instruments. Also, I have
tried the whole system on a *third* PC with Win98/LabView5.1/PCI GPIB
card. Same error.
>Or can you try the "older" ISA GPIB
>card in the newer PC?
I think it is a PCI card. I will try that too, as a last step, since I
hesitate to destroy a running system...
Johannes

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