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Instrument Control Set-up Hardware


Before you begin, ensure you have installed your application development environment (ADE) and applicable driver software. Refer to the Installing NI LabVIEW and Instrument Control drivers document for more information.

Once all required software has been installed, choose the bus or GPIB interface applicable to your application and follow the instructions to properly set-up your bus for communication with your instrument.

Choose and configure your bus or GPIB interface.

NI PCI/PCI Express GPIB Controllers

NI GPIB-USB Controllers

NI GPIB-ENET/100

NI PXI GPIB and PXI-8232 Controllers

NI ExpressCard-GPIB Controllers

NI PCMCIA-GPIB Controllers

NI AT-GPIB/TNT (PnP) Controllers

NI PMC-GPIB Controllers

Connect via USB

Connect via Ethernet/LAN

Connect via Serial

Locate and Download Instrument Drivers

Instrument drivers are the fastest way of going from interactive mode to programming mode so you can directly begin writing your tests without a tedious transition process.