I have the USB/GPIB Prologix thingy also. My Racal 1992 on "talk" mode just sends the readings down the wire. I can collect them with regular serial port work on the PC side.
I don't really understand GPIB or "talk" mode. But the readings show up on my serial port. Chris On 2/25/2013 10:44 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > The most expensive part of the setup is the interface card between the PC and > GPIB. > Next you will need GPIB cables. > > A free GPIB package is available for 32 bit Linux. I use it to talk to my > Racal-Dana 1992, > spectrum analyzers, selective voltmeter, and signal generator. You have to > write the > high level stuff. > > On 02/25/2013 07:39 AM, Dan Rae wrote: >> I am working on 400 - 500 MHz DDS clocks for an amateur radio project and >> would like to record over gpib and plot the relative frequency drifts over >> time of different versions of the oscillator from a cold start. I have >> Racal 1992 and -hp- 5345 counters available, themselves driven from gps. I >> have the prologix USB thingy. >> >> Does anyone know of any software that will enable me to do this, without >> spending lots of money? >> >> Dan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
