Return-Path: <majordom@post.thorcom.com> Received: (qmail 20483 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2002 21:12:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by exhibition.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Mar 2002 21:12:01 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 7116 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2002 21:11:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Mar 2002 21:11:55 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16oXo2-0004Z6-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:46:42 +0000 Received: from rhenium.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.93]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16oXo1-0004Z1-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:46:42 +0000 Received: from host213-122-24-41.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.24.41]) by rhenium.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 16oWH7-0007P8-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:08:37 +0000 From: "Nick" <maad65@dial.pipex.com> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: HP 3586b SVM and HPIB/GPIB interface Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:03:07 +0000 Message-ID: <304n9ukani788689ullqfn1482icti1l0h@4ax.com> References: <000701c1d1bb$4d1e3780$6e01a8c0@cianciolo> In-reply-to: <000701c1d1bb$4d1e3780$6e01a8c0@cianciolo> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: <majordom@post.thorcom.com> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:04:51 -0500, you wrote: >Can anyone help locate software? Is very costly? Does what I propose seem >feasible. >I really know very little about GPIB/HPIB. It is normally a pretty simple way of controlling instruments > >The manual is available with all the commands I think are needed? In which case if you have an interface send them to it and see what happens > >Comments please? You should not need special software, just what comes with the interface card and a few home written scripts. Nick