[time-nuts] SoftMark USB to GPIB converter

Clint Jay cjaysharp at gmail.com
Thu Mar 3 11:15:53 EST 2016


You can have things made anywhere in  the world if you pay some Chinese
factories enough.
On 3 Mar 2016 16:01, "John Green" <wpxs472 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed some US made ones on the auction site for cheap. They say they
> offer a 30 day money back guarantee. Hmmm
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:27 AM, gonzo . <cadbloke at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No - Please don't.
> > No more of us need be burnt by that POS.
> >
> > Once you've bought it, you discover all you can do is send one command at
> > a time until you buy additional software to get the DLL needed to do
> > anything even remotely interesting.
> > The documentation is terrible to the point the 'free' DLL has the same
> > name as the 'paid' version, so it took me several emails (if you get a
> > reply, you're doing well) to workout why why it didn't work as described.
> >
> > By far the best 'affordable' GPIB to USB adapter on the market is the
> > Prologix (http://prologix.biz/).
> > If you are interested in building your own, have a look at  Anders take
> on
> > an open design (http://www.dalton.ax/gpib/).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ian
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > I have a desire to do some data collection and storage from my Racal
> 1992,
> > and I need a USB to GPIB converter. We have a National Instruments
> > converter at work, but I want to do this at home. The SoftMark unit is
> > considerably less expensive than the NI one. Does it work? Specifically,
> > would it work with my 1992? I seem to remember some discussion from way
> > back that they don't play well with a lot of HP/Agilent/Keysight stuff.
> Has
> > anyone with a 1992 used it with a SoftMark converter?
> >
> >
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