Dear Brian and all, No apologies needed. I don't consider the post really O.T.
Some people have been doing EMC measurements with GPIB instruments for a long time and have not the slightest idea on how to interface the LabView-N.I. GPIB driver cards without using the cryptic GUI software provided by LabVIEW :-( I am not sure if the GUI is really easier to use than a C program! It look to me that there is so much trouble creating the *.vi. Having to creating the panels is a real pain especially if it is just a reppetitive task, like scanning a range of freqiencies (and recording only the peaks). The guy who bought and set up the original LabVIEW system in my place have created a virtual interface (VI) have moved on to other parts and the LabVIEW we have was put to better use. We are only using all the old instruments and not hooking on the new ones. Not knowing much about LabVIEW and C, I stick to the addage of not going to fix anything until it is broken. These days I would like to hear from generic GPIB/HPIB card users on where & how to obtain/get the 'libraries' and the types of C compliers thay uses to compile these programs that control their machines. Joan, Keep us informed. You have my attention here. sincerely, Tim Foo "Brian O'Connell" <[email protected]>wrote via EMC-PSTC on 13/02/2004 11:06 PM > I understand that this post may not be appropriate for this listserv, > so I really really promise to never ever post any more OT messages to this listserv again... > If you are mixing 488.1 and 488.2 instruments, > you will have to be careful with timeouts and handshaking. This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
