Diagnosis program

The diagnosis program is a utility software that checks the operation of GPIB communication.
You can output a report of device driver installation status and diagnosis results.

▪ Appearance

▪ The way to launch

1. Diagnosis Program is running when you click [Diagnosis] button on the property page.

Ex) Connected with GPIB-FL2-USB

2. Please select "Device Address" for your GPIB instrument and click [OK] button.

3. Please select the format of the communication data and click [OK] button to display the main dialog box of Diagnosis Program.

 

▪ Navigate the Tab Control

You can switch the function when you click the tab on the tab control in the bottom side of the main dialog box.

Here is the function for each tab.
*It may be different appearance of your windows and the following screen shots depends on the driver's version.

Tab name

Appearance

Description

Send

You can send the typed character string to your GPIB instrument when you click [Send] button.

When the communication has been completed successfully, it is displayed “Normality completion.” on "Return code:" item of Software settings frame.

When the communication has not been completed successfully, it is displayed the error status with API name on it. For example "GpibSendData: It is a GPIB error.".

Receive

You can receive the data from your GPIB instrument and Receive Data is displayed with the count of Receive Data on it when you click [Receive] button.

When the communication has been completed successfully, it is displayed “Success” on "Return code:" item of Software settings frame.

When the communication has not been completed successfully, it is displayed the error status with API name on it. For example "GpibRecData: It is a timeout error.".

Trigger

You can send the trigger command to your GPIB instrument when you click [Trigger] button.

When the communication has been completed successfully, it is displayed “Success” on "Return code:" item of Software settings frame.

When the communication has not been completed successfully, it is displayed the error status with API name on it. For example "GpibSendTrigger: It is a GPIB error.".

Polling

You can get the existence of SRQ and the status byte from your GPIB instrument when you click [Polling] button.

When the communication has been completed successfully, it is displayed “Success” on "Return code:" item of Software settings frame.

When the communication has not been completed successfully, it is displayed the error status with API name on it. For example "GpibSPoll: It is a GPIB error.".

 

▪ Diagnosis report

To view the diagnosis report, click the [Diagnosis(S)] button on the property screen of the device manager.
Device driver installation status and diagnosis results can be output to a text file.

Ex) Connected with GPIB-FL2-USB