Experimental Physics and
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Eric Norum <[email protected]> · Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:56:13 -0500

 Asyn provides drivers for both the VXI-11 protocol and for simple

TCP byte-pipes. So, regardless of which protocol the 33201A uses, you

need only write streamDevice support.

On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Rod Nussbaumer wrote:

Epicureans:

A request to control an Agilent model 33210A Function Generator has

come to our attention. The instrument is or can be equipped with an

ethernet interface using the LXI standard interface.

Has anyone used such an interface, especially with Asyn/

StreamDevice? Is it as simple as making a TCP connection and sending

GPIB-like commands and reading a stream of data from the device? I

have looked at the LXI standard online, but it seems to be written

in a different revision of English than the one I am compatible

with. A document on the Agilent web site suggests that it uses port

5025 in a telnet-like way to send and receive SCPI strings. If it is

that simple, life will be good, here.

Thanks.

Rod Nussbaumer
ISAC Controls, TRIUMF
Vancouver, Canada.

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Eric Norum <[email protected]>
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory
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