attila@kinali.ch said: > I have a need for a GBIP adapter that I can use with Linux. It shouldn't be > too expensive, but I rather spend a few bucks more for ease of use. Where > "ease of use" means I don't have problems with weird drivers on Linux I've been happy with the Prologix. It may not be as low cost as you would like. It uses one of the common USB-Serial chips, so there is no problem with drivers on Linux. It needs hardware flow control or long-enough pauses in the right places. That was the only problem I had getting started. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

The Galvant adapter appears to use a very similar protocol to the Prologix, but I'm unsure if it's exactly compatible. There have been large numbers of HP adapters on ebay - they're generally thought to be clones of varying quality. http://www.galvant.ca/#!/store http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/flood-of-new-agilent-82357b-gpib-usb-adaptors-on-ebay-the-real-deal/150/ On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > attila@kinali.ch said: > > I have a need for a GBIP adapter that I can use with Linux. It shouldn't > be > > too expensive, but I rather spend a few bucks more for ease of use. Where > > "ease of use" means I don't have problems with weird drivers on Linux > > I've been happy with the Prologix. It may not be as low cost as you would > like. > > It uses one of the common USB-Serial chips, so there is no problem with > drivers on Linux. > > It needs hardware flow control or long-enough pauses in the right places. > That was the only problem I had getting started. > > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:21:13 +0000, you wrote: >The Galvant adapter appears to use a very similar protocol to the Prologix, >but I'm unsure if it's exactly compatible. > >There have been large numbers of HP adapters on ebay - they're generally >thought to be clones of varying quality. > >http://www.galvant.ca/#!/store >http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/flood-of-new-agilent-82357b-gpib-usb-adaptors-on-ebay-the-real-deal/150/ > Hi, The commands in the Galvant one do seem to have been done to be quite like the Prologix. I tried one of them 2 or 3 years ago because they were temptingly cheap at the time, but could not get it working consistently. As far as I can remember, single commands and short strings would often work for me, but longer strings and regular data like readings every second were very unreliable. They seem to work for some folk but not for others, which is often the story for cheap low volume ones. In the end I gave up and bought a Prologix - which appears to be a common end result of buying and wasting time on cheaper ones. Angus.