How Can I Enable The Instrument Handle Probe When Working With My NI SMU?

Updated Mar 20, 2024

Reported In

Software

  • InstrumentStudio
  • LabVIEW

Driver

  • Instrument Drivers

Issue Details

How can I display session properties in the Probe Display of the Probe Watch Window when creating a probe in an instrument handle wire?
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However, when I tried adding a regulr probe to an instrument handle, I just obtained the instrument name:
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Is there a particular setting to get this kind of information from the Probe Watch Window? I tested reviewing custom probes, Options in LabVIEW, and looking into the Help file for NI-DCPower, but I wasn't able to find a way to do this.

How can I create this kind of probe, or how can I change the Probe Display?

Solution

Modular Instruments drivers including NI-DCPower stopped shipping LabVIEW custom probes years ago (in either 2020 or 2021) because they were a non-trivial maintenance burden. If I recall correctly, the probe would also have side effects on the session because it read properties and thus could cause a verify.

Consider using InstrumentStudio for debugging an NI-DCPower application. This is the recommended workflow.

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