Error #-1073807339 (Visa)

[plaidwarrior]

Our team had this exact same problem. We had to install the Labview VISA drivers to get it to work. That was kind of a pain because the VISA driver download was something like 140 MB and included drivers for way more stuff than just a serial port. There may be an easier way to get the serial port to work with the camera code provided, but we sure couldn't figure it out. I don't remember the exact link, but just go to ni.com and search for "VISA". Their search engine is very good. If you can't find it, e-mail me at drk@current.net and I'll ask our programming guys what the exact address was.

/* Daniel */

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by plaidwarrior

That was kind of a pain because the VISA driver download was something like 140 MB and included drivers for way more stuff than just a serial port.

You're absolutely correct, VISA is a Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) capable of programming, configuring, and troubleshooting a wide range of instrumentation systems (that, coincidentally enough, can use a serial interface among others). VISA is an industry standard, and NI-VISA is our implementation of it - there are several other well-known implementations, but NI-VISA is probably the most popular. It would do you well to learn how to use VISA, as I am sure you will probably enter into a field that may require its use one day. There are also a lot of Colleges and Universities around the world that are moving to using LabVIEW and communicating with traditional instruments via VISA, it wouldn't surprise me if you found LabVIEW in your better College labs.

-Danny

[Dan894]

We bought the IFI recommended adapter from Radio Shack (Model 26-183), problem solved. I talked to a few other people who had the same problem, one programmer said she switched to a laptop with a built-in serial port and it worked.

Now our camera is happy.