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From: Jesse Lai <someone@somewhere.com>
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Bump

Jesse Lai wrote:
> I'd like to be able to programatically scan either a GPIB or TCPIP bus 
> to find connected instruments similar to how the TMTOOL or other similar 
> applications do (NI MAX, Agilent IO Libraries, etc).
> 
> I do not even know where to begin this process though as the instrument 
> control toolbox by itself only allows connections to known instruments. 
>   Has someone out there done this before that could provide some 
> insight  into the best way to accomplish what I want to do?
> 
> I'd like to be able to find the attached instruments on the bus, run the 
>  *IDN? query to find the identifier and then report the results.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jesse Lai