Specifications

Communication

4.6 GPIB (IEEE 488) Parallel Connection

The parallel communications bus is accessed via the "GPIB/IEEE488"

connector on the front panel of the E-517. Use a suitable cable to connect

the E-517 to the host PC. The host PC must be equipped with GPIB

hardware, and the corresponding driver must be installed (GPIB driver from

National Instruments (NI) or NI-compatible driver).

The GPIB device address of the E-517 is preset to 4. Make sure that all

devices which share the same GPIB bus have unique address settings.

Possible addresses are 1 to 31.

In the connection dialog of the host software (e.g. PIMikroMove™,

PITerminal or LabView drivers), select the correct GPIB board in the PC

(

GPIB Board) and enter the address of the E-517 (Address). Otherwise no

communication can be established.

NOTE

The IEEE 488 tab card is only present in the host software if a GPIB

driver from National Instruments (NI) or an NI-compatible driver is

installed on your PC.

Figure 8: GPIB configuration in PIMikroMove™