[time-nuts] GPIB, Proloigix, cables

[Ed Palmer]

I don't know if it would work on the Prologix adapter, but when you 
install the drivers for the NI controller, they include a program called 
'Measurement & Automation Explorer' that includes the ability to scan 
the bus, eavesdrop on the bus, send low-level commands and get 
responses, etc.

Ed

On 1/27/2013 2:09 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> jimlux at earthlink.net said:
>> Connectivity to the prologix from host isn't the problem.    The challenge
>> is on the gpib side. It was almost working, so I was wondering if there was
>> a systematic way to test.
> How about a simple utility/hack that read/checks the device ID strings?
>
> Plan 1 would be to scan all possible device numbers and print what it finds.
>
> Plan 2 would be to read a file with number/string pairs and verify that the
> device at that number returns the expected ID string.
>
> If the file is extended to include a command on each line, you have the
> structure for being able to write test scripts.  I'm thinking of commands
> like sleep, write, read...