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== Alternative adapters == | |||
Besides using GPIB via a visa runtime and an appropriate controller, there are alternative controllers that can be connected via COM port or ethernet and that translate the commands on the controller. | |||
=== Prologix controller === | |||
Beginning with SweepMe! 1.5.5, we will support the GPIB-USB controller from Prologix [http://prologix.biz/controllers.html]. Commands are sent via COM port to the controller. To configure it, go to menu 'File' -> 'Options' -> 'Ports' and select "Add port". Type in the COM port at which the Prologix controller appears. Check the device manager to find the correct port, e.g "COM7". This port will be added permanently for all users. Thus, make sure that the COM port does not change by giving it a fixed port number. You can remove a port using "Remove port". Once you added a COM port, you can find new GPIB resources in the port manager or when you press 'Find ports' button of a module that loads a device class that support GPIB. The new resources looks like "GPIB::20::Prologix@COM7" if you added COM7 as a Prologix controller port. You can add multiple COM ports if you have multiple Prologix adapters. | |||
Revision as of 11:16, 21 August 2020
SweepMe! relies on the pyvisa module [1].
Requirements
- Install the latest version of ni-visa runtime [2]
- Install the driver of your GPIB interface card or USB adapter which you get from the manufacturer
Alternative adapters
Besides using GPIB via a visa runtime and an appropriate controller, there are alternative controllers that can be connected via COM port or ethernet and that translate the commands on the controller.
Prologix controller
Beginning with SweepMe! 1.5.5, we will support the GPIB-USB controller from Prologix [7]. Commands are sent via COM port to the controller. To configure it, go to menu 'File' -> 'Options' -> 'Ports' and select "Add port". Type in the COM port at which the Prologix controller appears. Check the device manager to find the correct port, e.g "COM7". This port will be added permanently for all users. Thus, make sure that the COM port does not change by giving it a fixed port number. You can remove a port using "Remove port". Once you added a COM port, you can find new GPIB resources in the port manager or when you press 'Find ports' button of a module that loads a device class that support GPIB. The new resources looks like "GPIB::20::Prologix@COM7" if you added COM7 as a Prologix controller port. You can add multiple COM ports if you have multiple Prologix adapters.