counterfeit NI GPIB-USB cable

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

I have never run across counterfeit NI hardware before since the equipment is purchased new from NI.

What is going on with https://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/spectrum-analyzer-Agilent-4395A-GPIB-tu-USB/... ?

The photo of that cable does not look like similar ones I have seen in the past.

[Gregory]

Wow, I've never heard of an error like that before. That cable looks looks exactly like ones I've seen in the past (besides the test equipment solutions sticker on it). I think those cables are obsolete now and they have moved to GPIB-USB-HS+, which look a little different, but nothing about that pictures tells me it is a counterfeit.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

That's the 3rd reported occurrence in the past few weeks, someone else had the same issue here:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/GPIB-USB-HS-error-37051-37052-37053/m-p/3757...

I tried entering the serial number of the unit in question linked in this thread to register it under my products, it was rejected. I'll follow up there.

-AK2DM

[LV_Pro]

Somebody's attempt at a "StuxNet"?