USB port vs. labview6.0.2

[ghianda]

I would comunicate with a oscilloscope tektronix tds1012B trough the usb interface.

NI told me that it possible with labview 8.2 and tektronix. Is it true?

hi,

Ghianda

[ghianda]

Hi,

From rev 3.0 VISA is able to cominicate tuo USB port.

VISA 3.0 is compatible with labview 6.0.2?

Ghianda

[Matt Fitzgibbons]

I can't seem to find if VISA 3.0 supports LV6 anywhere. But VISA is basically a language-agnostic API. You could theoretically install VISA 4.0 (which definately doesn't support LV6), create a DLL (or shared object on UNIXy systems) in C exposing the VISA functions you want, then call this DLL in LV6. The VISA 'support' that you hear about is whether or not NI already has VIs for your version of VISA and LabVIEW. But by wrapping the API in a DLL, you can use it in 'unsupported' languages (i.e. older versions of LabVIEW).

Also, you may be able to use a different interface. We use VISA to communicate to a tds3012b over TCP/IP, and it worked quite well when we were using LV6. I don't know your particular scope, but thought I'd mention another option.

-Matt