Hi, I'm planning to use VEE to communicate to a EchoTherm Programmable Digital Hot Plate Model HS40 via RS-232. This is not a IEEE-488 compliant device and therefore doesn't respond to SCPI commands like "*IDN?". It uses only simple single-lettered ASCII commands like "a", "B" or "c". I have successfully communicated with the hot plate using a USB-RS232 cable (COM4) and Windows Hyperterminal program with the following settings: 2400 Bauds, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit and No Parity.
My question is how do I get VEE to communicate with this hot plate via RS232? :?: I have tried using Instrument manager with I/O Libraries but wasn't successful. The Agilent I/O library couldn't even detect the hot plate.
Thanks for your help!
My question is how do I get VEE to communicate with this hot plate via RS232? :?: I have tried using Instrument manager with I/O Libraries but wasn't successful. The Agilent I/O library couldn't even detect the hot plate.
Thanks for your help!
To continue to use VEE, I would think to use Active-X or .NET then. I have not did serial programming using that yet, not much hints on which DLL/class to use. Good luck.