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Communicate with Your Instrument
To establish basic or advanced communication with your instruments,
refer to the following sections.
For more information about instrument communication and a list of the
commands that your instrument understands, refer to the documentation
that came with your GPIB instrument. Most instruments respond to the
*IDN?
command by returning an identification string.
Basic Communication (Query/Write/Read)
To establish basic communication with your instrument, use the NI-488.2
Communicator, as follows:
1.
Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the
Starting Measurement & Automation Explorer
section.
2.
Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking the + next
to the folder.
3.
Select your GPIB interface.
4.
If you have not already done so, scan for connected instruments.
Right-click on your GPIB interface and select Scan for Instruments
from the drop-down menu that appears. Refer to the
section for more information.
Measurement & Automation Explorer displays the connected
instruments below your GPIB interface.
5.
Right-click on your GPIB instrument in the left window pane and
select Communicate with Instrument from the drop-down menu that
appears.