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HP-Basic on HP-85 Message #1 Posted by Sydney on 27 Feb 2006, 8:05 a.m. I'm working on an old fiber tester from the beginning of the 80's. This has HPIB interface, and I just bought a GPIB-USB interface. Having some problems translating the HP-Basic code to modern GPIB commands. Do someone know how to send equalent commands with the NI-488.2 software? RESET 7 OUTPUT 708 USING "#,B"; 72,75 ENTER 708; X,Y,Z

Re: HP-Basic on HP-85 Message #2 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 27 Feb 2006, 12:35 p.m., in response to message #1 by Sydney Did you run the NI-488 Troubleshooting wizard and did it successfully detect the instrument on HP-IB address 8? Then you have the choice of: - either use the Interactive Control Utility to send commands/receive data - or program directly your application. Then, the correspondence between the NI-488 keywords & Hp-Basic should be: RESET = ibclr OUTPUT = ibwrt ENTER = ibrd Sorry but as I don't remember the precise syntax, please check the NI-488.2 guide Or maybe somebody else will help you further. Etienne Edited: 27 Feb 2006, 12:59 p.m.

Re: HP-Basic on HP-85 Message #3 Posted by Sidney on 28 Feb 2006, 4:27 a.m., in response to message #2 by Etienne Victoria Thanks! I'll try that.

Re: HP-Basic on HP-85 Message #4 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 28 Feb 2006, 5:13 a.m., in response to message #3 by Sidney By the way and if I remember well, there is no equivalent to the "USING" 85' Basic statement in NI 488.2 language. Therefore, I think you have to make sure your data is correctly formatted before submitting the ibwrt statement. Good luck. Etienne

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