Utilities

• NetFinder — Network configuration utility for Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET controller.
• NetFinder for Linux — Command-line version of network configuration utility for Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET controller in two formats: python script and stand-alone executable (x86 32-bit ELF)
• Prologix GPIB Configurator — Configuration utility for Prologix GPIB-USB controller by John Miles. Help
• EZGPIB — Data acquisition software for Prologix GPIB-USB controller by Ulrich Bangert. User Guide
• LabVIEW — Danny Holstein's open source LabVIEW compatibility library for Prologix GPIB-USB controller. Includes LabView VIs modeled after those in the standard NI 488.2 interface.

Application Notes

• How to configure Prologix GPIB-USB controller with PrintCapture plotter emulator
• How to setup Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET controller with Agilent VEE. (Thanks to John Boyles)

Links

• 7470.exe — An excellent open source plotter emulator by John Miles
• PrintCapture — A full-featured commercial plotter and printer emulator. 30-day trial version available.
• Plottergeist — Another full-featured commercial plotter emulator
• KO4BB.com — Nice survey of GPIB interface options by Didier Juges
• Clifton Laboratories — See Prologix GPIB-USB controller in action
• ing.dk — Review of Prologix GPIB-USB controller by Poul-Henning Kamp (in Danish)
• Time-Nuts — You often find discussions about Prologix GPIB-USB controller here
• HP_Agilent_Equipment — Excellent newsgroup for discussions about GPIB and HP/Agilent equipment
• TekScopes — Excellent newsgroup for discussions about GPIB and Tektronix equipment
• LabVIEW — Matthias Schroeter's excellent web page on using Prologix controller with LabVIEW on Linux.
• Instrument Control (iC) — Java framework to control test & measurement instruments. Supports Prologix controllers.

GPIB-USB Samples

The following sample programs demonstrate how to programmatically send and receive data from instruments using Prologix GPIB-USB Controller:

• C/C++ sample for Microsoft Windows
• C# sample (Requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later)
• Visual Basic.NET sample (Requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later)
• LabVIEW sample
• MATLAB sample
• Python sample
• A more complex Python sample
• Binary transfer sample for Microsoft Windows. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 6.9 or later)
• Binary transfer sample for Linux. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 6.9 or later)

GPIB-ETHERNET Samples

The following sample programs demonstrate how to programmatically send and receive data from instruments using Prologix GPIB-ETHERNET Controller:

• C/C++ sample
• Binary transfer sample in Python. Demonstrates uploading binary data to HP 33120A function generator. (Requires firmware version 1.5.1.0 or later)
• LabVIEW sample (Thanks to Tim Cormier)