GPIB-488 Support

• GPIB Communications 4894A and 4804 Technical Manual
  An in depth manual covering detailed information about the GPIB-Serial interface.

• Set Point Writing Problem Application Note for the RC900     (17 KB PDF Document
  A short paper covering Setpoint writing problems with the RC900.

• PowerPoint Troubleshooting Guide for the RC900 with GPIB-488     (7.85 MB PPT file)
  A short PowerPoint 2003 guide to troubleshooting the RC900 with GPIB-488 interface.

• Free PowerPoint Viewer Utility Program   
  A free PowerPoint 2003 viewer utility program you can download to view PPT presentations you download from this web site.

• GPIB Communications 4806 Technical Manual
  An in depth manual covering detailed information about the GPIB-Serial interface.

• GPIB Communications 4899, 4809 and 4819 Technical Manual
  An in depth manual covering detailed information about the GPIB Modbus interface.

• GPIB Communications Tutorial About the GPIB Bus
  An application note providing guidance and understanding of the GPIB bus.

• Controlling Serial Temperature Controllers from the GPIB Bus
  An application note describing how to interface and control industrial temperature controllers with serial interfaces from the GPIB bus.

• Using a 4809 or 4819 to Control Modbus Devices from the GPIB Bus
  An application note (AB48-25b) describing how a 4809 or 4819 GPIB-to-Modbus Controllers generate Modbus messages and how to use them to control Modbus Devices (how to use the program below and how to adapt the program to a final application).

• Visual Basic example program for 4809 and 4819 Series GPIB-to-Modbus Interfaces (Self-Extract Zip File 187 KB)
  Temperature Control example program written in Visual Basic (source and executable). Please refer to the application note above and/or to the readme file for description and usage. 

• Application Note describing the LabVIEW driver for the 4809 and 4819 Series GPIB-to-Modbus and the Watlow F4 Temperature Controller
  An application note explaining how to use the VIs libraries below to control the F4 temperature controller and how to integrate them into a LabVIEW 5.1 or 6.i test program.

• LabVIEW driver for the 4809 and 4819 Series GPIB-to-Modbus and the Watlow F4 Temperature Controller (Self-Extract Zip File 177 KB)
  Libraries of VIs written in LabVIEW 5.1 to control the F4 temperature controller. Please refer to the application note above for description and usage. 

• GPIB Troubleshooting Application Note for RC900 Controller  
  This application note will help solve communication problems encountered when using National Instruments (NI) hardware and software with the ESS, Inc. RC900 controller with the GPIB communications interface.

• GPIB Troubleshooting Application Note for F4 and  96 Controllers
  This application note will help solve communication problems encountered when using the GPIB communications interface with the F4 or 96 controllers.

• GPIB Communications Utility Programs (Self-Extract Zip File 62 KB)
  Executables HP VEE programs for testing the GPIB Communications and setting up the board (4804,4806,4809 and 4819)