Stan,
You are right that you can't use *Instrument* I/O, but you can use other
I/O. In particular, you can use To/From socket to talk to the instrument.
In fact, if you're talking to an 871XC, this capability should be in the
instrument's web page help. I spoke with one of the designers and he
put the information in.
Mark Ahrens
US TMO Call Center
>To: hpvxd_xc@hpislsup.lvld.hp.com
>Subject: VRF - LAN Instrument
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Status: RO
>
>Hi
>
>Here's a new wrinkle (at least new to me). I have an instrument with
>a LAN interface, such that one can telnet directly to the instrument
>and without logging on issue SCPI commands and receive responses.
>
>And of course I am looking at how to talk to this using VEE.
>
>As far as I understand I can't use Instrument I/O at all since it's
>not a gateway - no HPIB or serial or the like but rather a direct LAN
>connection.
>
>If I was in Unix I'd exopect to be able to use an "Execute Program"
>then read/write command via stdio. However I'm here on a PC, so
>stdio doesn't exist, and so the "execute program" object doesn't
>do transactions.
>
>Short of writing some sort of external program to act as
>an intermediary, are there any suggestions?
>
>So far as I can tell the only services available are telnet and ftp.
>This beast can generate X displays to a remote server, has on-line help
>via the display, etc.
>
>It has HPIB interface but I'd like to talk via the LAN connection.
>
>thanks
>
>Stan Bischof
>stanb@sr.hp.com
>
>
--
Mark Ahrens
Hewlett Packard T&M AEO Email: mark_ahrens@hp.com
(800)-452-4844
"Ask me about Custom Test Solutions"
You are right that you can't use *Instrument* I/O, but you can use other
I/O. In particular, you can use To/From socket to talk to the instrument.
In fact, if you're talking to an 871XC, this capability should be in the
instrument's web page help. I spoke with one of the designers and he
put the information in.
Mark Ahrens
US TMO Call Center
>To: hpvxd_xc@hpislsup.lvld.hp.com
>Subject: VRF - LAN Instrument
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Status: RO
>
>Hi
>
>Here's a new wrinkle (at least new to me). I have an instrument with
>a LAN interface, such that one can telnet directly to the instrument
>and without logging on issue SCPI commands and receive responses.
>
>And of course I am looking at how to talk to this using VEE.
>
>As far as I understand I can't use Instrument I/O at all since it's
>not a gateway - no HPIB or serial or the like but rather a direct LAN
>connection.
>
>If I was in Unix I'd exopect to be able to use an "Execute Program"
>then read/write command via stdio. However I'm here on a PC, so
>stdio doesn't exist, and so the "execute program" object doesn't
>do transactions.
>
>Short of writing some sort of external program to act as
>an intermediary, are there any suggestions?
>
>So far as I can tell the only services available are telnet and ftp.
>This beast can generate X displays to a remote server, has on-line help
>via the display, etc.
>
>It has HPIB interface but I'd like to talk via the LAN connection.
>
>thanks
>
>Stan Bischof
>stanb@sr.hp.com
>
>
--
Mark Ahrens
Hewlett Packard T&M AEO Email: mark_ahrens@hp.com
(800)-452-4844
"Ask me about Custom Test Solutions"
Here's a new wrinkle (at least new to me). I have an instrument with
a LAN interface, such that one can telnet directly to the instrument
and without logging on issue SCPI commands and receive responses.
And of course I am looking at how to talk to this using VEE.
As far as I understand I can't use Instrument I/O at all since it's
not a gateway - no HPIB or serial or the like but rather a direct LAN
connection.
If I was in Unix I'd exopect to be able to use an "Execute Program"
then read/write command via stdio. However I'm here on a PC, so
stdio doesn't exist, and so the "execute program" object doesn't
do transactions.
Short of writing some sort of external program to act as
an intermediary, are there any suggestions?
So far as I can tell the only services available are telnet and ftp.
This beast can generate X displays to a remote server, has on-line help
via the display, etc.
It has HPIB interface but I'd like to talk via the LAN connection.
thanks
Stan Bischof
stanb@sr.hp.com