Test Equipment for Power Supply

Hi ,
I want to develop a test software for power supply using LabVIEW which we can use for our mass production.
We are currently using the following for the development stage.
1. Digital Multimeter(Topward 1330)
2.Oscilloscope(Agilent DSO 6054A)
3.Programmable AC Source(Chroma 6430)
4. DC electronic Load (Chroma 63030)
We are using GPIB as the programming interface.We also use NI-VISA, NI-488.2 from LabVIEW to communicate.
Since I am new to this domain, I need an expert help in programming this software.
Thanks

Dennis_Knutson wrote:
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p.s. And after the test specification is complete, perform the tests manually. You can't understand a programmatic approach if you don't understand the instruments and their capabilities.
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