Low cost, easy to use, GPIB - Ethernet controller released

Prologix is happy to announce its newest product =96 GPIB-LAN Controller.

Access your GPIB enabled instruments over network (even over wireless) using the affordable, easy to use, Prologix GPIB-LAN controller!

Use this controller to control, and to download screen plots and data from, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers and other GPIB enabled instruments.

GPIB-LAN controller uses the same command interface as the popular Prologix GPIB-USB controller; the only difference is you connect to a TCP port instead of over USB. Being a network device there are no drivers to install.

  • No drivers needed * Support for multiple devices * No GPIB cable needed; controller plugs on to instrument * All software configuration. No switches * Standard RJ-45 and IEEE 488 (Male) connectors

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Regards, Abdul snipped-for-privacy@prologix.biz

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And ofcourse its compatible with the NI labwindows/labview?????

Regards

Klaus

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Klaus Kragelund

Yes, Prolgix GPIB-LAN can be accessed from LabVIEW and LabWindows. In fact, any framework (LabVIEW, LabWindows, Matlab, VEE...) or programming language that provides access to TCP sockets can be used to talk to Prologix GPIB-LAN.

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abduln

All API documentation is available ofcourse?

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sky465nm

Prologix GPIB-LAN command interface is identical to that of its sister product Prologix GPIB-USB controller, and is fully documented in the manual at

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FAQ is available there as well.

Prologix GPIB-LAN has a different programming metaphor than other GPIB controllers in the market. It provides a higher level interface to communicate with instruments without having to deal with low-level GPIB bus management. There are no host libraries to link with either. You open a TCP connection and communicate with the controller and connected GPIB instruments.

For example:

  1. Open TCP port 1234 on the controller
  2. Specify GPIB address by sending "++addr 5"
  3. Send command "*idn?"
  4. Read response
  5. Send command "ser?"
  6. Read response

In fact you don't even have to write a program to quickly test a command. Using HyperTerm or TeraTerm (yes, they support network connections too), open a connection to the port, type the command and read the response.

GPIB-LAN can also be configured as a GPIB device (instead of a controller). Device mode is useful for receiving screen plots from instruments. 7470.exe is an excellent open-source plotter emulator that works well with GPIB-LAN.

Commands that start with "++" are meta-commands to configure the controller. For example use "++spoll" to serial poll instruments and "+

+trg" to trigger them. All meta commands are fully documented in the manual.

As I mentioned before, the command interface of GPIB-LAN and GPIB-USB are identical. Only difference is commands are send over a socket connection for the former and over a USB serial port in the latter.

Regards, Abdul

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abduln

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