> I am still getting a weird reading error though were for some reason the gpib card > will return a string of "++6.17345E-10" instead of "+6.17345E-10" could this have > something to do with me using a PCI GPIB card I bought a long time back from > a 3rd party vendor? (MeasurementComputing.com)?"
Anything is possible, I suppose. If you can borrow an NI GPIB card and the problem goes away that would confirm it. How good a contact do you have with your NI rep? I have a vague de-ja-vu of this myself, but I don't remeber if it was GPIB, Firewire, or something else, or even if it was a bad instrument. If it doesn't go away when using an NI GPIB card you can always code in an "IF answer has '++', make it a '+'" Les
