After some puzzling, I can read, write and query my GPIB ( HPIB ) instruments thru Labview's I/O Assistant. I/O Assistant controls ( thru keyboard ) my instuments perfectly.
Unfortunately, for some of my GPIB instrument no drivers exist and so I cannot use the VI's in block diagram structures. I guess I am supposed to write my own ones with VISA but C is still beyond my capabilities at the moment. I am practizing, but it is a hard job for me to master C ( I bought Borland's C++ ). So, is there, instead of keyboard entries in I/O Assistant, a way to script in an ASCII file ( and execute ) commands like : " Open GPIB instrument #X, set the frequency of #X at .., open instrument #Y, set frequency of #Y at ... , open instrument #Z, read the amplitude output of #Z " etcetera. If needed I renounce ( for now ) the use of those beautiful VI's and I would be satisfied with text based results only. If such a scripting exists, where and how should I search for tutorial help ? I have over 2000 pages of printed documentation but I cannot resolve above mentioned question. Thanks for any of your thoughts. Peter van Daalen.
