Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay
On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 2:26 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > About the software: > I bought a couple of that seller's cards; one each of 284088568161 & > 284088570014. > Asked him about the software. Here's his reply. > > Regarding your question about the Analyzer software, if I recall correctly it > comes bundled in the "NI-488.2" software package. I believe the version in my > screenshot in the eBay listing was v17.6 for Win7 SP1 x86, but it should > still be fully supported in the newest v21.0 package for x86 or x64 systems. > I was curious enough that I also picked up a PCI-GPIB+, one of the newer versions and apparently the current version, same version as item 284088570014 instead of the earlier version as item 284088568161. The two versions might be functionally equivalent, maybe it was just a redesign for cost reduction and/or some components of the design reaching end of production status. When I receive the PCI-GPIB+ I'll have to see if I can get it up and running with the analyzer software.
Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay
About the software: I bought a couple of that seller's cards; one each of 284088568161 & 284088570014. Asked him about the software. Here's his reply. Regarding your question about the Analyzer software, if I recall correctly it comes bundled in the "NI-488.2" software package. I believe the version in my screenshot in the eBay listing was v17.6 for Win7 SP1 x86, but it should still be fully supported in the newest v21.0 package for x86 or x64 systems. https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-488-2.html LabVIEW version compatibility matrix: https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/compatibility/17/ni-488-2-and-labview-version-compatibility.html All new to me. Now to hunt manuals for the cards. Guy At 12:33 PM 9/12/2021 -0800, you wrote: >On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 10:50 PM Rodney Brown via cctalk > wrote: >> >> NI National Instruments PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer PCI IEEE488.2 Interface Card >> >> While a photo shows the Windows NI Analyzer software in use, the item >> doesn't mention it. >> >> If NI will provide the analyzer software, these could be used to capture >> HP-IB traffic to characterize the attached devices, timings etc. >> > >Has anyone recently installed and used the NI GPIB Analyzer software? >Is that something that must be obtained and installed separately, or >is it included as an optional component of the standard NI-488.2 >download and installation? > >I suppose I could try downloading and installing the 1.19 GB current >21.0.0 version of the NI-488.2 software to take a look. The current >21.0.0 version of NI-VISA is another 1.11 GB download. >
Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 10:50 PM Rodney Brown via cctalk wrote: > > NI National Instruments PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer PCI IEEE488.2 Interface Card > > While a photo shows the Windows NI Analyzer software in use, the item > doesn't mention it. > > If NI will provide the analyzer software, these could be used to capture > HP-IB traffic to characterize the attached devices, timings etc. > Has anyone recently installed and used the NI GPIB Analyzer software? Is that something that must be obtained and installed separately, or is it included as an optional component of the standard NI-488.2 download and installation? I suppose I could try downloading and installing the 1.19 GB current 21.0.0 version of the NI-488.2 software to take a look. The current 21.0.0 version of NI-VISA is another 1.11 GB download.
Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay
The NI GPIB-410 is also often available cheaply, it's basically the ISA version. I believe I saw the drivers for it on NI's FTP server when I was looking for the manual. Thanks, Jonathan ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, December 9th, 2021 at 01:50, Rodney Brown via cctalk wrote: > https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/m.html?_ssn=techparts2020&_nkw="PCI-GPIB%2B"; > > NI National Instruments PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer PCI IEEE488.2 Interface Card > > (~USD140) > > Ebay item # > > 284088568161 Copyright 1998 183619B-01 > > 284088565868 Copyright 2001 183619C-01 > > 284088570014 Copyright 2005 ASSY192125D-01 > > While a photo shows the Windows NI Analyzer software in use, the item > > doesn't mention it. > > If NI will provide the analyzer software, these could be used to capture > > HP-IB traffic to characterize the attached devices, timings etc. > > The HPDrive project mentions the analyzer cards as being supported > > https://www.hp9845.net/9845/projects/hpdrive/#hpdrive