Patrick, as a sniffer would typically be used to locate gpib communication problems, is there any special problem to be solved?
> > Is there a way to set it up to read one address continuously? This one does not sound like a problem!? Currently your program loop contains ONLY reading from the device. Did you consider to ASK the device in regular time intervals from within the loop? Best regards Ulrich Bangert > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Patrick > Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. Januar 2008 21:01 > An: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer > > > Well it really sucks that I can't do this but considering that I > purchased it months ago, the fact that you would even > consider a return > speaks volumes about your character. > > I will not return it, the customer service is great. I just > need to get > my INES GPIB card configured to work in Linux. Hopefully this will > function as a sniffer and I can use the Prologix device as a > controller > later. > > All the best-Patrick > > Prologix wrote: > > Patrick, > > > > Sorry the product didn't work out for you. With the current > firmware, > > there is really no good way to do what you want to do. GPIB bus > > sniffing is an oft-requested feature that we will certainly > consider > > adding in the future. Email me off-line if you wish to return the > > unit. > > > > Regards, > > Abdul > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Patrick > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:41 AM > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer > > > > Thanks Abdul > > > > This comes as a pretty big blow, as this is what I was hoping to do > > with > > it from the start. > > > > Is there a way to set it up to read one address continuously? > > > > thanks in advance-Patrick > > > > Prologix wrote: > > > >> Patrick, > >> > >> Prologix GPIB-USB controller does not work as a GPIB bus > sniffer. In > >> > > DEVICE > > > >> mode the controller reads the bus only if it has previously been > >> addressed as a listener. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Abdul > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Behalf Of Patrick > >> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:25 AM > >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > >> Subject: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer > >> > >> Hi Everyone > >> > >> Thanks to all for helping me with my last post. I am now > reading with > >> my > >> Prologix device. > >> > >> I am just not sure that I am reading everything. I am trying to > >> monitor > >> the communication between a closed source App and some > GPIB devices. > >> > >> After I set up imported and set up serial with PySerial I > tried this: > >> > >> ser.write("++mode0\r\n") > >> > >> x=1 > >> > >> def read3(): > >> while(x==1): > >> print ser.read(1000) > >> > >> I also tried print ser.readline() > >> > >> I read the "ID" command sent out by the software but I > could not read > >> the response. Am I reading all the addresses with this set > up or just > >> one? Does anyone have some thoughts on why I don't read > the response? > >> > >> Thanks yet again in advance-patrick > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-> bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and > follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
