Remote Operation: What Front Panel Settings are Required to use the VXIPnP drivers for SourceMeter?

What Front Panel Settings are Required to use the VXI PnP drivers for the SourceMeter Instruments?

Selection and configuration of GPIB or RS-232 communication is important. Both are supported by the VXI PnP driver, however, the instrument must be configured from the front panel first.

Use the front panel buttons and select:

• Menu
• Communication
• GPIB or RS-232

Instrument Settings

For GPIB: For RS-232: select the address (default is 24) select SCPI protocol (not 488.1) BAUD: 9600 BITS: 8 Parity: NONE Terminator: LF Flow-CTRL: XON-XOFF

Typical Resource Names

instrument at address 24 instrument on COM1 GPIB0::24::INSTR ASRL1::INSTR