[Premium-Rx] WJ Radio Control for GPIB

[stephous]

I'm at that point where I'm thinking of Watkins-Johnson radio control
software again. The server is ready and has an NI 488.2 GPIB card. What's
missing is control software. I have off the shelf programs that control some
radios and not others. None of them work great.

1) Scanstar has software for the 8615, 8617, and 8618 families, but not for
the 8716 and 8718

2) Ergo might develop code if I could provide the protocols. I only have the
8617 and 18 strings right now, but that might change soon.

3) LabView from NI is a possibility but it's still unclear how much
capability it will provide. Has anyone developed an application with it?

I envision useful software being capable of working with the 8716, 8718,
8615, 8617, 8618 and possibly a few other radios. These radios have GPIB
interfaces for many reasons. When you have racks of radios it becomes clear
that one control point would be extremely useful.

What have people tried? Opinions and results?

Steve Pappin