VISA is a standard for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting instrumentation systems comprising GPIB, VXI, PXI, serial (RS232/RS485), Ethernet/LXI, and/or USB interfaces. NI-VISA …

Because VISA is the language used in writing instrument drivers, most instrument drivers currently written by National Instruments supports all of these environments.

In this video, we cover the fundamentals of using VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) in LabVIEW to communicate with a wide range of devices, including Serial, USB, GPIB, and TCP/IP...

Aug 15, 2025 · VISA is a standard I/O API for instrumentation programming. VISA can control GPIB, serial, USB, Ethernet, PXI, or VXI instruments, making the appropriate driver calls depending on the …

Oct 28, 2025 · NI-VISA is an API that provides a programming interface to control Ethernet/LXI, GPIB, serial, USB, PXI, and VXI instruments in NI application development environments like LabVIEW, …

Jul 30, 2025 · Reads the specified number of bytes from the device or interface specified by VISA resource name and returns the data in read buffer.

Aug 15, 2025 · Before you begin using VISA, make sure you choose the appropriate method of instrument control. For most simple instrument applications, you need only two VISA functions, VISA …

2 days ago · The goal: after I programmatically determine the correct baud rate and character format for a serial port, I'd like to push those settings into MAX, so tomorrow on the next VISA Open call (with …

Dec 19, 2023 · This tutorial shows you how to set up NI hardware and software to communicate via RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 with a serial instrument in LabVIEW. Learn more about the instrument …

Jul 30, 2025 · Writes the data from write buffer to the device or interface specified by VISA resource name.