Instrument Drivers
When Thermotron develops custom software applications to communicate with our chamber controllers, we use a simple TCP connection from the custom software to send commands to and receive responses from our chamber controllers (using the chamber controller interface command set).
When IVI or LabVIEW® drivers are used to communicate with the chamber controllers, there is an additional layer between the custom software application and the TCP connection. This layer is a potential source of problems and confusion.
Thermotron recommends using the direct TCP connection approach when writing custom software applications to communicate with our chamber controllers. You may download examples of simple code that use this approach below:
| C++ | C# | LabVIEW® |
NOTE: In an effort to keep these examples simple, there is no error handling.
If you have considered the direct TCP approach and find that it will not meet your needs, you may download Thermotron's IVI and LabVIEW® drivers here.
NOTE: Thermotron distributes these IVI and LabVIEW® drivers as is and can offer only minimal support for their use.