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sequence and display the responses.> there is truly fantastic freeware windows batch automation program called Autoit,for integrating disparate windows programs not designed to work together. This would allow you to easily test sequences of scripts using the interface you describe. Autoit was originally developed for systems admin to do automated installations, but it can do so much more now. This allows you to? exec software and feed keystrokes into specific windows etc. It is a very full scripting language with a Basic like syntax.? It runs rings around traditional windows scripting hosts (like vbscript,jscript), for conventional scripting and then can identify windows and buttons on windows and press them etc.delay ,wait on window focus,change window focus,wait for window to popup etc etc. It even can do simple UI's. I have used it for creating really complex scripts for integrating a number of different programs on windows, including complex remote terminal logins for networked Unix boxes and automatic import of thousands of medical records every evening. Although writing? software like this for scripting a UI, leaves a bad taste in the mouth,it certainly is very useful for integrating different programs not designed for integration. The price of the HP usb clones has been dropping, so now you can get the ones that look the same as real HP units for as little as $80 on ebay.? Still more? than you paid, but *if* they work with the HP drivers maybe worth the extra $. I am now suspicious the "Agilent" unit I bought quite a while ago, may be a clone too, even though it has worked reliably with John Miles software and my own Visa software. Tim From: "'Alan Melia' Alan.Melia@... [hp_agilent_equipment]" To: hp_agilent_equipment@... Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:46 PM Subject: [hp_agilent_equipment] Comment on the UGSimple USB to GPIB adapter
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I have just received this unit so not a lot of time to evalute it yet.
The user manual is a bit thin but adequate in most cases. I initially bemoaned the lack of an example but bearing on the very different commands for different types of equipment it seems to work using the basic command window. However it does not seem possible to stack a few commands and reads. The problem also is the window clears the address once send command has been pressed. If you call for a sample on the non-HP unit I was testing with, the response data has been sent before you can reset the address and press read-data. Maybe I am using the window incorrectly, but maybe a "send command and read response" button would we more useful. To some extent this is not a problem as serious use would involve writing a program to use the API provided (for Windows) There does not seem to be any support for Linux, which is a limitation. It would be nice if the basic command window would read a text file command sequence and display the responses. Above all it would make the unit easier to check out before the effort was put into program development. It would also make checking units with some of the "odd" early implementations easier. I am a novice at GPIB so perhaps I have missed something, but there is little space in an 8 side "manual" for much information. The unit will drive up to just 5 instruments. I suppose it is fair value compared with some other offerings of this function. Alan G3NYK |
