<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR><STYLE></STYLE></HEAD><BODY bgColor=#ffffff><DIV>Hi,<BR>Does Plug&Play drivers work with NI-GPIB's? As far as remember, I <BR>couldn't use a program with P&P drivers (for 8722D) on a laptop with <BR>NI-GPIB. Therefore I generally try to use Direct IO to guarantee portability.<BR><BR>Regards<BR></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk href="mailto:gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk">gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vrf@agilent.com href="mailto:vrf@agilent.com">VRF</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [vrf] Re: 34970A</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Gonzalo,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> Try using the Plug&Play Driver, that does not return a value until the self test has completed.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> Also gives you a text message telling you the status of the instrument.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Regards</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gavin Candy.<BR><BR>Quality Engineer.<BR>BHC Components Ltd<BR>20-21 Cumberland Drive<BR>Granby Industrial Estate<BR>Weymouth<BR>DT4 9TE<BR>England<BR><BR>Tel: ++44 1305 830734<BR>Fax: ++44 1305 760670<BR>Email: gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk<BR>website: http://www.bhc.co.uk</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Gonzalo Urday" |gurday@negenex.com></B></FONT> <P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>20/01/04 14:47</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to "Gonzalo Urday"</FONT> <BR></P> <TD><FONT face=Arial size=1> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1> To: VRF |vrf@agilent.com></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1> cc: </FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1> Subject: [vrf] 34970A</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Hello all:<BR></TT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Does anybody know a way to make the 34970A fail to a *TST?<BR>command....according to the manual the device returns a 0 if passes and a 1<BR>if fails...what we have seen is that the to/from socket object always seem<BR>to return a 0 and worst of all it returns it even before the device has<BR>completed its test.<BR></TT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Rgds<BR></TT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><TT>Gonzalo<BR></TT></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2><TT>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@agilent.com".<BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>Send your favorite VEE example to "VRF-EXAMPLES@agilent.com" for possible inclusion in VEE 7.0!</TT></FONT> <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>---<BR>You are currently subscribed to vrf as: rsb@soco.agilent.com<BR>To subscribe send a blank email to "join-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>To send messages to this mailing list, email "vrf@agilent.com". <BR>If you need help with the mailing list send a message to "owner-vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com".<BR>Send your favorite VEE example to "VRF-EXAMPLES@agilent.com" for possible inclusion in VEE 7.0!</BODY></HTML>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 21, 20044:18 AM
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> VRF
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [vrf] P&P Question</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi,
Does Plug&Play drivers work with NI-GPIB's? As far as remember, I
couldn't use a program with P&P drivers (for 8722D) on a laptop with
NI-GPIB. Therefore I generally try to use Direct IO to guarantee portability.
Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div style='font-color:black'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><spanstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><fontsize=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <ahref="mailto:gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk" title="gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk">gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <ahref="mailto:vrf@agilent.com" title="vrf@agilent.com">VRF</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tuesday, January20, 2004 5:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [vrf] Re: 34970A<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Gonzalo,</span></font>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> Try using the Plug&Play Driver, that does not return avalue until the self test has completed.</span></font>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> Also gives you a text message telling you the status ofthe instrument.</span></font>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Regards</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GavinCandy.
Quality Engineer.
BHC Components Ltd
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">20-21 Cumberland Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Granby</st1:place></st1:City>Industrial Estate
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Weymouth</st1:place></st1:City>
DT4 9TE
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Tel: ++44 1305 830734
Fax: ++44 1305 760670
Email: gavin.candy@bhc.co.uk
website: http://www.bhc.co.uk</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:bold'>"Gonzalo Urday" |gurday@negenex.com></span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p> <p><font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family: sans-serif'>20/01/04 14:47</span></font>
<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Please respond to "Gonzalo Urday"</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font>
<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> To: VRF |vrf@agilent.com></span></font>
<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> cc: </span></font>
<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> Subject: [vrf] 34970A</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </td> </tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Helloall:</span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Does anybodyknow a way to make the 34970A fail to a *TST?</span></font></tt><font size=2face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<tt><font face="Courier New">command....according to the manual the devicereturns a 0 if passes and a 1</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">if fails...what we have seen is that the to/fromsocket object always seem</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">to return a 0 and worst of all it returns it evenbefore the device has</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">completed its test.</font></tt>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Rgds</span></font></tt><fontsize=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
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<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gonzalo</span></font></tt><fontsize=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
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