Well it really sucks that I can't do this but considering that I purchased it months ago, the fact that you would even consider a return speaks volumes about your character.
I will not return it, the customer service is great. I just need to get my INES GPIB card configured to work in Linux. Hopefully this will function as a sniffer and I can use the Prologix device as a controller later. All the best-Patrick Prologix wrote: > Patrick, > > Sorry the product didn't work out for you. With the current firmware, there > is really no good way to do what you want to do. GPIB bus sniffing is an > oft-requested feature that we will certainly consider adding in the future. > Email me off-line if you wish to return the unit. > > Regards, > Abdul > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Patrick > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:41 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer > > Thanks Abdul > > This comes as a pretty big blow, as this is what I was hoping to do with > it from the start. > > Is there a way to set it up to read one address continuously? > > thanks in advance-Patrick > > Prologix wrote: > >> Patrick, >> >> Prologix GPIB-USB controller does not work as a GPIB bus sniffer. In >> > DEVICE > >> mode the controller reads the bus only if it has previously been addressed >> as a listener. >> >> Regards, >> Abdul >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Patrick >> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:25 AM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer >> >> Hi Everyone >> >> Thanks to all for helping me with my last post. I am now reading with my >> Prologix device. >> >> I am just not sure that I am reading everything. I am trying to monitor >> the communication between a closed source App and some GPIB devices. >> >> After I set up imported and set up serial with PySerial I tried this: >> >> ser.write("++mode0\r\n") >> >> x=1 >> >> def read3(): >> while(x==1): >> print ser.read(1000) >> >> I also tried print ser.readline() >> >> I read the "ID" command sent out by the software but I could not read >> the response. Am I reading all the addresses with this set up or just >> one? Does anyone have some thoughts on why I don't read the response? >> >> Thanks yet again in advance-patrick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.