Re: HP8116A signal generator

[Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>]

Eric.

Some time ago I wrote [basic, i.e., supporting basic features]
devsup for a Hp8664 generator. Some HP generators use
a fairly compatible command set AFAIK. Maybe this applies
to the 8116 (I know that it works for the 8644) ?

HTH
-- Till


> Eric Norum wrote:
> > All my memories of GPIB horrors are returning.
> >
> > I've put together ASYN/devGPIB support for an (obsolete) HP8116A  
> > signal generator.  I'm trying  to  communicate with the generator  
> > through an Agilent E5810A GPIB/LAN adapter.  As far as I can tell 
> > I'm  sending the correct strings but the generator never acts upon 
> > the  commands.  Every once in a very long while it will return a 
> > status  message in response to a command, but most of the time it 
> > just sits  there.  Once in a while it sets the SRQ line and then 
> > leaves it set  forever.
> >
> > Does anyone out there have experience with HP8116A GPIB communication?