I need help to send a query (command) to a Lakeshore 331 temp controller in order to read the the zone parameters. From the repsonse, I need to be able to use the numerical data in a function. My initial thought was to use the I/O assistant to send the ZONE? query, but I cannot get it to work properly. This is using a serial 232 connection. Any help is welcome. (I am very new to prgraming so a detailed explaination would be much appreciated). If you have a better idea than using the I/O assistant for this project, please let me know as well. I have been using the Lakeshore 331 Labview drivers but they do not have a zone read function included. The Lakeshore 331's manual is online and its I/O commands are listed in ch. 6 for serial.
Thank You,
Matt