Using HP E2050 HPIb gateway with labview

Hi,
I was wondering if it is possible to use an HP E2050 Ethernet-HPIB
gateway (interface) with Labview. National Instruments has a similar
product (a GPIB-Ethernet interface), but I was wondering if it was
possible to use the HP product since I have a whole bunch of them lying
around.
Thanks,
Prasun Chaudhuri

"Chaudhuri, Prasun [WDLN2:2M22:EXCH]" wrote:
>Hi,>>I was wondering if it is possible to use an HP E2050 Ethernet-HPIB>gateway
(interface) with Labview. National Instruments has a similar>product (a GPIB-Ethernet
interface), but I was wondering if it was>possible to use the HP product
since I have a whole bunch of them lying>around.>>Thanks,>Prasun Chaudhuri>
Prasun,
If the HP Gateway has a VISA interface, i.e. you can interact with it through
VISA calls then you should be able to use it in LabVIEW after installing
HP-VISA. I've never tried it but it might be worth looking into.
Kamran Shah
National Instruments

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