Communicate with 34410A via usb without any drivers

[coudnet]

Hi, do you know, is it possible to communicate with 34410A withought any drivers? Only connect usb to PC and type SCPI commands in serial terminal, for example RealTerm. I tried to do this, but agilent always said: "Error", and no feedback in terminal. I use a RS-232/USB. In LabView it works good. Maybe i lost some preferences? CR, LF... In future i would like to connect a ESP8266 to rs-232 and get data from it. Thanks

[Minions]

You will need the NI-VISA loaded.  Connect the instrument using VISA Write, Read, and Close only.  As the instrument does accept SCPI commands, the rest is easy.The other case is the '-1' case.  When the command does not require a query, it skips the VISA Read. This case wires the three outputs straight across to its inputs.

[Curt_C]

Hi,

Make sure your com setting are correct.

baudrate = the default is 9600

parity =none

databits = 8

stopbits = 2

I think you have to enable dtr.

after that is you need to send the ":SYST:REM" command to put the meter into remote serial mode

good luck,

Curt 

[Minions]

The device will default to remote control without the

:SYST:REM

command.  Additionally, many devices communicating directly on USB also do not require any settings.