Instrument interface using matlab

Hi,

I am new to matlab. may be the question I am going to ask is just simple one, still please answer as well as suggest me somthing else also wich might needed me in future for instrument interface programming.

I am Trying to connect my Kyithley Nanovolmeter to my computer using NI 488.2 GPIB to USB connector. what type of driver i need ti install ? where i will get this ? do i need to install driver seperately for GPIB and My instrument ?(if this is the case then I have KUSB 488 GPIB-usb connector with me, shall I preffer that one over the Ni?). and if some one have sample code written for any of their instrument please send me that also!

Thank you in advance!!

kindly,

Somnath

[Walter Roberson]

I do not have any experience with that brand myself, so I cannot say for sure whether the vendor driver or the NI drivers are better for it.

What I can say is that I have observed that it when people are having trouble with vendor drivers, that it is far most common that they end up installing NI VISA drivers, and that fixes the problem. I have seen reports that in some devices, the vendor drivers can be notably faster than the NI VISA drivers... when, that is, the vendor drivers are not crashing.

To quote from The Hacker's Song

I wrote a hack in microcode,
with a goto on each line.
It runs as fast as Superman,
But not quite every time.

I seem to recall people talking about the Keithley drivers as being "mostly" stable, that if they work for your situation they can be just fine... but if they don't work for your situation they can be a PITA.

[Somnath Kale]

I am using 64 bit latest version of Matlab on my 64 bit os. I have seen people reported some issue with 32 to 64 bit compatability issue in Keithly drivers