Prologix wrote: > > One solution is to turn read-after-write off (++auto 0) before connecting > the adapter to 3478A, and then use ++read command to read one measurement at > a time. Please see the manual (www.prologix.biz) for ++read command options. >
I nearly always turn off auto mode on the prologix. I've run into a number of slightly flaky problems when the prologix guesses to turn on the instrument to talk. I've never noticed a performance penalty because I need to issue a "++read" command to the prologix whenever I want to read something back. I think the prologix device is great. I'm a linux guy, I haven't used windows in many years. NI has never really understood open source software. It was always a pain to have a reliable driver for the NI GPIB PCI cards, so I was quite happy to find something like the Prologix device that is reliable and has drivers that are totally open source and distributed as part of the linux kernel. I have a slightly off-topic question about reads. When issuing a "++read eoi", is it possible to tell whether an EOI was actually returned by the instrument or whether the read was terminated by timeout or block size limitation? jeff _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
