Mark,
Thank you for your reply. I think I wasn't quite clear here. My PC is the device, not the controller. Being the actual device I want to concentrate on device functionality and not on learning any more communication protocols than I have to. I know I will have to implement a SCPI parser at a minimum. With that said, my questions really are:
1) Do I need to implement anything other than SCPI over (TCP/IP) ethernet or USB to be a viable product in the marketplace?
2) Could I just use a GPIB -to-Ethernet or GPIB-to-USB adapter to connect my device to an existing cluster of devices that are connected via GPIB?
3) Another question: Are you aware of an availableJava language SCPI parser?
I'm just now trying to get up to speed on instrumentation products / protocols, etc. , so if my questions aren't precise forgive me.
Scott