C# communicate with RS-232 using VISA

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Published on 2009-08-27T10:14:13Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 8:43 UTC
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Hi,

Does anyone have any C# example code to communicate with a device thru an RS-232 serial port using VISA ?

I just want to issuse some simple commands and queries to the device as well as open and close it, of course.

Any help or advice would be most appreciated.

Regards, George.

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