{"id":2613,"date":"2022-07-08T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/installation\/setting-up-ni-visa-and-instruments-with-gpib\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:53:16","slug":"setting-up-ni-visa-and-instruments-with-gpib","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/installation\/setting-up-ni-visa-and-instruments-with-gpib\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up NI Visa and instruments with GPIB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some spectrum analyzer drivers in DSS and all drivers for signal generators and EDDs are using National Instruments Visa. Therefore, it is required to install the NI Visa driver first. NI Visa, and instructions how to install it, can be downloaded at www. ni.com. Click Support and then NI Visa\u2026<br>Below are step-by-step instructions how to connect Detectus DSS running on a Windows 7 PC to a Visa compatible instrument using GPIB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Open National Instruments Measurement &amp; Automation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Click on your GPIB adapter in the tree view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7.png 687w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7-300x110.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t see your GPIB adapter in the tree view then you need to install and configure it. Follow NI installation guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Click on \u201cScan for Instruments\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Now you should see your instrument at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/9.png 530w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/9-300x54.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very important that you can see you\u2019re your instrument in this list because otherwise DSS will not be able to connect to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some spectrum analyzer drivers in DSS and all drivers for signal generators and EDDs are using National Instruments Visa. Therefore, it is required to install the NI Visa driver first. NI Visa, and instructions how to install it, can be downloaded at www. ni.com. Click Support and then NI Visa\u2026Below are step-by-step instructions how to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/installation\/setting-up-ni-visa-and-instruments-with-gpib\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Setting up NI Visa and instruments with GPIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2515,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions\/2812"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}