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Start>All Programs>National
Instruments>Measurement & Automation
2. From the Configuration panel access;
My System>Devices and Interfaces>GP-IB0
3. Press the
Scan for Instruments
button.
4. In the
Connected Instruments
panel the DCS-
9700 should be detected as
Instrument 0
with
the address the same as that configured on the
DCS-9700.
5. Double click the
Instrument 0
icon.
6. Click on
Communicate with Instrument
.
7. In the
NI-488.2 Communicator
window, ensure
*IDN?
is written in the
Send String
: text box.
Click on the
Query
button to send the
*IDN?
query to the instrument.
8. The
String Received
text box will display the
query return:
TEXIO, DCS-9720,PXXXXXX,V1.XX
(manufacturer, model, serial number, version)