Yes, it should be pretty simple, even in shell. I have some noodle-scratching to do on retrieving graphical output from instruments though.
I'm not terribly concerned about being compatible with other hardware, as long as the hardware I get won't be left useless or anchored to an archaic OS because there are drivers etc. which become 'unsupported' by the vendor. - Chad. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Robert Darlington <rdarling...@gmail.com>wrote: > If you are willing to (or want to) write your own software, than the > Prologix Ethernet adapter is the way to go. I've done it in PERL under > Solaris and IRIX without any trouble. Just open a socket connection on > port > 23 and send over text commands. Very easy. MUCH easier than using NI > products. The trade-off is that your software will only work with the > Prologix box and guarantees incompatability for those without one. The > upside is that it works over a network, even wireless if you plug it into a > wireless bridge. Real handy when you don't want to stay tied to a > workbench. These are extra nice if all you have is a laptop. Mine is > currently in a drawer, but I'm not willing to part with it because it's > just > that handy when you need something done fast. > > -Bob > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Chad Simpson <analogaficion...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Lux, James P <james.p....@jpl.nasa.gov > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > On 7/4/09 8:36 PM, "Robert Darlington" <rdarling...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I have a GPIB-LAN, and it works. You basically telnet to it and > issue > > > > commands either manually or via software. It works with EZ-GPIB > > without > > > any > > > > trouble. It's extremely easy to use. > > > > > > > > That being said, it is not a substitute for a GPIB card from NI. I > > wrote > > > a > > > > spiffy software program in VB to pull data from a Tektronix 7854 > scope > > > that > > > > nobody can use unless they have a GPIB-LAN adapter. It won't work > with > > > > LabView or anything else out there with the exception of EZGPIB. If > > you > > > > care about compatibility with canned software that talks GPIB, these > > > devices > > > > are not the way to go. If you want to get up and running very > quickly > > or > > > > just want to use EZGPIB, it's fine. Ultimately my adapter is sitting > > in > > > a > > > > drawer and I bought a PCI-GPIB card on eBay for about $100. > > > > > > > > -Bob > > > > > > > > > I'm looking for something that I can write python or tcl or shell > scripts > > > for and send strings to a GPIB device, and get strings back. I'm > trying > > to > > > get away from the LabView .vi model. So, this looks fairly good, that > > way. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > Yes, me too - shell or python would be great, I'm presently learning the > > latter. I just found PyVISA, which looks like it might be useful, > possibly > > pythonlabtools as well. > > > > I shied away from the NI devices for a couple of reasons... 1) I no > longer > > have a suitable machine with PCI slot. 2) Since this is for hobby use, > the > > more expensive interfaces like the GPIB-ENET/100 are at a cost > > disadvantage. 3) I would like to build on a platform with minimal risk > of > > obsolescence. I am already down to a single virtual machine running XP, > > and > > if at all possible it will be my last ever copy of Windows. So I'd > rather > > not invest in tools which require Windows or proprietary > (single-platform) > > drivers. Shell / python / driverless is appealing as it should be highly > > portable and well supported in the future. > > > > I did find OSX drivers for the Prologix USB on their site - looks like it > > uses the FTDI chip. So drivers should not be an issue. I wasn't clear > on > > how the LAN version worked though, but driverless / Telnet makes sense. > > > > - Chad. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
