Rs232 gpib converter

I am curious what the device is exposed as in Windows and Linux? Does it look like a serial port? Are there going to be driver issues in newer versions of Windows? Galaxyrise Frequent Contributor Posts: Country:. And if you want fast readings but in short bursts, you can store them into DMM memory and then drain then out via rs post capture. There's enough memory for readings. All my logging has been done with the meter in 6-digit mode, so rs was fine. I don't have a use case where I need that at the moment, and in fact I will probably start wth RS So armed with the Agilent part number b , I was able to find some info on the web about this.

So GPIB is a very low level, simple hardware interface. That can be mapped to USB in any number of ways. The specific protocol on the PC side is as important and the hardware interface, as it determines what PC software is going to be compatible with it.

Dave is right that the b is the way to go, as the protocol this uses appears to be supported fairly widely. Note that there are also some Chinese clones of the b that in theory should work as well. However, given the small cost difference, it's probably better to go with the Agilent part.

There is also an alternative from Prologix, but seems like support for that isn't as widespread. If you even want to go cheaper then there is a Prologix clone and firmware reports itself as Prelogix o; One version was published in the Elektor magazine You may or may not want to handle the IEEE If the goal is to allow GPIB control of a very simple, existing RS device then you would implement the command and status functions in the converter and accept limited functionality. But if the RS device is moderately sophisticated, the converter should probably pass most of the commands through the serial link and let the device itself interpret them and generate appropriate responses.

And if your converter is intended for use in the other direction, with the RS connected to your computer and the GPIB connected to a device, then you want to pass everything through so that the computer can leverage the power of the IEEE Reply Start a New Thread.

The purpose of the whole device convertor would be to manage programmable source with microcontroller family. With expanded parsing routine it would become So I was wondering if anyone tried to write software for it. Most of the parsing task is on the GPIB device side which you aren't building. Link to comment.

Posted December 8, Grey Posted December 8, Dear Crelf, I did the same way you explained. I'm using USB-rs Convertor. I changed the visa resource name in the code but it not worked. Rolf Kalbermatter Posted December 10, Posted December 10, Join the conversation You can post now and register later.

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