<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR><STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Wingdings;}@font-face { font-family: Tahoma;}@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}SPAN.emailstyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial}SPAN.EmailStyle19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial}DIV.Section1 { page: Section1}</STYLE></HEAD><BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue><DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=283482502-29042004><FONT face=Arial>ActuaIIy there are some things you can get away with on HPIB</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=283482502-29042004></SPAN> </DIV><DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=283482502-29042004><FONT face=Arial>You can have 2 system controllers as ong as they aren't both trying to </FONT><FONT face=Arial>control instruments at the same time</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=283482502-29042004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=283482502-29042004><FONT face=Arial>We do it all the time when we are trying to compare how 2 systems work and are too lazy to keep changing stuff</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jay Nemeth-Johannes</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Complete Test</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>720 SW 14th Street</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Loveland, Colorado 80537</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>(970) 663-0006 </FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.completetest.com</FONT></SPAN> </P><DIV> </DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Doug Cote [mailto:decote@verizon.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> VRF<BR><B>Subject:</B> [vrf] RE: using 2 PC's on same GPIB bus<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yes you can. The GPIB card in your old pc must remain configured as the Controller. There can be only one controller on the bus; all other devices are talkers and listeners. When you attach your new computer, the GPIB card must first be configured as talker/listener. You do that during your initial setup of the card in software, one of the settings you are asked to configure is “board is system controller”, enter “NO” in this location. What this does is when your new computer wants to send a command to another piece of equipment on the buss, it must ask permission of the old computer (controller), it does this automatically and with out your intervention. You can do this with multiple computers, as long as only one is controller, you can send commands and transfer data from any device to any device, computer or instrument. Hope this helps</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Doug Cote</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Deblancq Stijn [mailto:Stijn.Deblancq@Advantra.com] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:55 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> VRF<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [vrf] using 2 PC's on same GPIB bus</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I want to upgrade my test equipment here with a new pc and usb-gpib convertor.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I still want to use the old pc with old software used in production.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Can i put both pc's on the bus at the same time or will this influence my tests?</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=green size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: green">Stijn Deblancq</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR>ADVANTRA INTERNATIONAL</SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Software Engineer</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">(</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=silver size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: silver"> </SPAN></FONT><B><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Work Tel#: </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue">+32 (0) 56-23.94.42</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT face=Wingdings color=black><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">+</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><U><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">mailto: <A href="mailto:stijn.deblancq@advantra.com">stijn.deblancq@advantra.com</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT></U></P> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- - - - - - - Appended by Advantra. - - - - - - -<BR>This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise protected by law. 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