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Controlling two instruments with LView (APIB and GPIB) SINAD testing

Well I am having mixed results here.  Part of my problem is that I am an extreme noob. ALthough i have had a few weeks getting into LabView and using instrument drivers etc..

 

I am using Labview 8.2.

 

I am trying to control two instruments: (AP2722)Audio Precision and (SMIQ) Rohde & Schwarz.

 

This is for SINAD testing.

 

The AP analyzer does not have an instrument driver and uses APIB...so i have to use ActiveX control.

 

The SMIQ has an instrument driver.

 

Will I be able to use/control the both of them within one project of LabView?

 

I am trying to control each one separately but at some point I have to bring it all together.  Just wondering if LabView will even do this for me.

 

thanks if you know.

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I've never heard of APIB but LabVIEW has been used to control multiple instruments in a single VI since version 1.0.

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Driver attached from HERE

 

The mnu's seem screwy but the Tree shows a complete PnP project structure-  Hierarchy View shows its reasonably organized.  APIB Seams like a specialization of the GPIB bus optomized for the AP language time constraints


"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
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Hey Danny Boy. Did you ever sucsesfully control the SYS-2722 over APIB with LabVIEW?

Many thanks, Alec

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