HPIB fundamentals and questions

[David Comley]

--- Steve Robertson <steerex at mindspring.com> wrote:

> About two years ago, I downloaded the GPIB source
> for LINUX from a
> website. I don't recall the URL but you should be
> able to find it on
> google. I never could get it to compile on my LINUX
> box but, you might
> have better luck. I was involved in some other
> projects so, didn't spend
> too much time tinkering with it. If you are
> proficient in "C" you might
> be able to get it to work.

I have the compiled code installed on my machine.
There were a couple of syntax errors somewhere in it.
If you're interested I will send you the fixes.

> 
> So... If you want to learn the basics of HPIB, hook
> up one of the
> printers to the analyzer and try sending the control
> sequences. All you
> have to do is address the printer to listen to the
> bus and send an ASCII
> string. The printer should print the string as you
> send it.

Works like a charm. Good instructions. Thanks ! I'll
program your example using the gpib library for Linux
and then experiment from there.

Regards,

Dave

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