Hi Grace, I second what Brian says. I've just tried my 8591EM, it does not recognise the 488.2 commands.
For writing applications, you may want to look at HT Basic http://www.techsoft.de/htbasic/htbasic.htm I'm under the impression this came from the old HP Basic, a great language for writing test sequences. Cheers, Derek. L F Research Brian O'Connell wrote on 10/17/2006, 1:21 PM: > I would limit driver code to 488.1 stuff for the 8590 series; and so > would > probably not use the E2078 SICL library. If possible, use basic C to > control > the instrument. I gave up on VB, for other then making the user > interface, > in a previous life. > > The SRQ message may indicate a service request is active and/or may have > timed out. > > 1. Avoid programmatic control until you can tweak and verify both > controller > and instrument configuration (e.g., EOI, EOC, EOL, EOS, etc) using a tool > similar to National's ibic. > 2. read the status register after every I/O until basic comm and > control is > ok. > 3. look at appendix A in > http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/08590-90301.pdf > 4. use very simple low-level development tools. > 5. Verify the controller with ibfind gpib0 > 6. verify the controller's address with gpib0:ibpad 0 > 7. verify the bus with > gpib0: ibrsc 1 > gpib0: ibsic > 8. verify instrument comm with gpib0: ibdev 0 x -> 'x' is the 8590 gpib > address > and then ibwrt "*idn?" > > It should be noted that the oldest computer you can find will probably > result in the most favorable ambient EMI. The E2078 will probably be > happy > in an old PII machine. > > luck, > Brian > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Grace Lin > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Driver for HP E2078A PCI GPIB Interface > > Dear Members, > > Does anyone know what is the driver, and how can I obtain it, for the > above > referenced GPIB interface? I found this card and its cable from our > warehouse (which means no one uses it for a long time). The software > came > with this interface is the "HP I/O Libraries". Since my computer is a > Pentium 4 with Window XP Pro (with SP 2), I downloaded the latest > version of > the "Agilent IO Libraries Suite 14.2" from the Agilent web site. My > HP8591E > spectrum analyzer showed "CMD ERR:IDN" and "SRQ 140" while I tried to > communicate with it through the Interactive IO of the Connection > Expert. If > I "Send Commands To This Instrument" by clicking the "GBIB0::18::INSTR" > under the "Instrument I/O on This PC", my spectrum analyzer showed no > error > message. The "Instrument Session History" under Interactive IO showed > "*Connected to:GPIB0::18::INSTR". I guess the communication is OK but I > cannot use "*IDN?" command (from 488.2). > > I think I have to obtain a correct version of driver. I try to use > visual > basic 6 (VB 6) to control the IEEE 488 devices. I haven't had any > luck. If > this is not a good version to VB 6, my employer has VB.NET and VB 2005, > which can be installed in a day. It would be of great help that > someone can > provide me with a simple program (such as reset the device) to start > with. > > Any comment is highly appreciated! > > Best regards, > Grace Lin > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
