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Any alternatives to the Keysight BenchVue software?
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deamonata:
Is anyone aware of any alternatives to the BenchVue software? I'm really not a big fan of it, it's clunky, buggy and altogether a bit of a mess, which leave a bad taste in your mouth when you then want to use a meter (or other pieces of test equipment) and discover that in order to get the full functionality you have to spend even more money on their extortionately priced modules. This is compounded by the fact that when we actually bought the meter in question the Agilent DMM software was still in use and gave us the full functionality for free.

Sorry for the rant but yeah does anyone know of any alternatives that are any good?
KE5FX:
Have a look at Ulrich Bangert's EZGPIB package.  It is no longer maintained -- unfortunately because Ulrich, DF6JB is no longer with us -- but lots of people still find it useful.

Also check out https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools for a newer, actively-maintained effort.

Beyond that, what functionality are you looking for, exactly?  My toolset has some rudimentary support for VISA access to a 3446xA DMM over VISA, but there's nothing graphical, only a quick and dirty console app.
edpalmer42:
There are also tools like PyVisa which gives you a Visa add-on for Python.

There's also Labview Home for $50.  However, it's actually Labview 14 Home, it's not officially compatible with Windows 10, and I can't find anything that suggests that it will ever be updated.

Ed
Gandalf_Sr:
I know it's not really an equivalent to LabView but, for the same ends, I am trying to establish a Visual Studio 2017 + NI VISA Drivers environment on my Windows 10, 64 bit PC.  I'm taking this route because:

a. It's free
b. It would allow forms once created to be distributed easily
c. I have some experience with Windows Forms for VB.Net

This should allow me to create Windows Forms that can access all my test gear and form stand-alone windows utilities that would perform specific tasks like calibrate a DP832 using a xxxxx bench meter.  I envision that the code would follow a simple state machine with tabs on the form so the first tab would be connections, the next settings, and subsequent tabs to perform actual tasks.

If you want to follow progress, the thread is here
peertux:
Have you tried Keysight command expert, it also has the possibility to program third party instruments.
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