[comp.sys.hp] HPIB problem

glc@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Grant L Castrodale) (10/26/89)

I am having problems interfacing our HP 9000/300 model 360
workstation to some of our test equipment via HPIB. Our test
equipment consists of an HP 8180A data generator and an HP 8182A
data analyzer. The generator has HPIB address 07 and the analyzer
has address 00. How do I set up the HP 9000 to send and receive 
data to the test equipment?


Grant L. Castrodale
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706
glc@dukee.egr.duke.edu

sasun@hpsad.HP.COM (Sasun Torikian) (10/28/89)

You need to create an hpib file under you /dev/rmb directory.

My /dev/rmb looks like this.

crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     12 0x000000 Sep  9 00:23 crt
brw-rw-rw-   2 root     other      2 0x070000 Sep  9 00:24 fd9121.0
brw-rw-rw-   2 root     other      2 0x070010 Sep  9 00:24 fd9121.1
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     other     21 0x071f00 Oct  6 09:38 hpib7    <---------
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other      7 0x070100 Sep 20 13:31 prt
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     11 0x070000 Sep  9 00:24 rfd9121.0
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     11 0x070010 Sep  9 00:24 rfd9121.1
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     21 0x070100 Sep  9 00:24 rprt
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     other      1 0x090004 Sep  9 00:24 serial9
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     13 0x150000 Sep  9 00:24 srm
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     13 0x150000 Oct 18 08:33 srm.0

Refer to your periferal instalation guide for how to go about doing this.

					Sasun Torikian		
					

rer@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rob Robason) (10/28/89)

> I am having problems interfacing our HP 9000/300 model 360
> workstation to some of our test equipment via HPIB. Our test
> equipment consists of an HP 8180A data generator and an HP 8182A
> data analyzer. The generator has HPIB address 07 and the analyzer
> has address 00. How do I set up the HP 9000 to send and receive 
> data to the test equipment?

Some important information is missing:

* What operating system are you running?

* What release?

Rob Robason