GPIB Instruments did not responds to *IDN?

[Darmawan]

I have just bougth a new NI GPIB interface, that is GPIB-USB-B. I have
installed the GPIB-USB-B and at driver and device in MAX, GPIB-USB-B is
there (known). I connect the GPIB-USB-B to the Hybrid Recorder 2005E
Yokogawa.
When i can the instruments, it works. Hybrid recorder is known as
instruments0 with Primary address 1. But when i try to communicate with
the Hybrid Recorder by using wizard/interactive DOS porgram, write
process is okay where as read process is failed with error EABO. I try
again but is still failed.

The condition is i dont have GPIB manual of Hybrid recorder. i am still
looking for GPIB manual of Hybrid Recorder. My questions are:
1. Is the *IDN? command not understood by the Hybrid recorder ? Because
there is a message in MAX after communication process that the
instruments did not respond to IDN ?
2. Are the GPIB commands standard among the GPIB instruments ? For
example, are the GPIB commands for GPIB Instruments Hybrid recorder the
same with another GPIB instruments such as Fluke ?
3. What should i do to solve this problem ?

Thanks for your attention. I really need this solution ASAP....   Thanks.

[Makoto]

(1)
If the NI-MAX shows the instrument manufacturer name, model name, and firmware revisions, you can think the instrument does understand "*IDN?" query, because NI-MAX acquires the instrument info through "*IDN?".  If they are not shown, the instrument does not understand the "*IDN?" command.  You mentioned that NI-MAX has claimed the instrument didn't respond to *IDN?, so I believe the command is NOT supported. 
 
(2)
Basically instrument command languages are different among instrument manufacturers and models.  Recent SCPI instruments have common language interfaces such as SENSe:CURRent:RANGe, MEASure:POWer?, etc..., however these compatibility is not perfect.  If your instrument does not understand "*IDN?" query, it means the instrument is not compliant with IEEE488.2, at the same time not compliant with SCPI.  In this case, there is almost no compatibility between Yokogawa and Fluke. 
 
(3)
You should contact Yokogawa for obtaining the manual.  Other solution is look for the instrument driver.  ?????????07-27-2006 05:04 PM? Makoto ?????????

[Darmawan]

Thanks for your explanation before, but there are something i want to ask :
1. Where do Ni-MAX state instrument manufacturer name, model name, and firmware revisions ? In driver and device ? Because my NI-MAX shows only instruments0 and primary address=1.
2. What can i do with instrument driver ? what is the file extension ?  Should instrument driver compatible with Labview?
3. I have been searching the instruments driver at NI site. I enter NI developer zone and search the driver (Yokogawa HR2500E), but i can not find that. i try to download only HR2300 but fail. Maybe the driver is no longer supported by NI.
Please tell me, where can i find the Instrument driver (Yokogawa HR2500E) ?
 
Thanks for your help. 

[Dennis Knutson]

I was able to download the driver with no problmes. I attached the zip file. Unzip it to your \instr.kib folder.
Informed about what? About whether NI has received your request or whether the driver will be created? I doubt that you will receive an emaila bout either and frankly, I doubt that NI will create the driver at all. As I said, NI creates drivers based on demand and if there is little demand and if the instrument is old, there's little chance they will create it for you. Besides the other options I mentioned, there are companies and individuals that do LaVIEW driver development on a contract basis.
Why would you think the GPIB of the instrument is broken? MAX finds an instrument at the address you have set, correct? If the only problem is that it doesn't respond to *IDN?, then no, it's not broken. All you have to do is read the programming manual and see if the *IDN? command is listed there. If it's not, stop worrying about *IDN?. Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 07-28-2006 07:09 AM


ykhr130g.zip:
http://forums.ni.com/attachments/ni/140/18470/1/ykhr130g.zip