Timeout Error when Reading Measurements from Impedance Analyzer Solartron 1260 via NI MAX using IEEE 488/GPIB

You could also check for code for other Solartron products of that era, in case you can spot any difference.

For instance, a student used a 1260A here: https://www.slideshare.net/JosephHaystead/enel301-report-joseph-haystead1132999

The Python code is in his report:

His code uses this terminator (but looks like there may be DIP switches etc on the instrument to set it?):

And this timeout:

Then he wrote a load of commands to set up the instrument, before doing the sweep:

I read the paper. Very useful to learn / understand a working conversation for this brand.

Warning to   Abdul , at the end of the paper, the writer explains how one of his scripts damaged the instrument permanently. He indicates what part may have caused this. Read it well before taking over the sources.

I read the paper. Very useful to learn / understand a working conversation for this brand.

Warning to   Abdul , at the end of the paper, the writer explains how one of his scripts damaged the instrument permanently. He indicates what part may have caused this. Read it well before taking over the sources.

Wow. That would be awful if that happened. It looks like a really nice instrument.

I have a very old Keithley multimeter that I hardly power up, because although it works great so far, I'm worried that it has those RIFA capacitors inside, and possibly other dried out capacitors too. Need to spend time pulling it apart, but it's been at the back of the list for a good couple of years. 

Dear Jan, could you please share the link of paper or any reference? Thanks

Jan's referring to that uni paper slideshare.net link, where you can scroll down to read each page, but not downloadable without a lot of effort and possibly a subscription.

aa OK..Thank you 

Yes, the 1260A is very useful. From electrochemistry (very low frequencies) to low RF (30 MHz). Do you need a functioning backup machine?

I unfortunately don't. But definitely looks to be an excellent instrument for scientific purposes.

My needs are not that specialist, so for now I use other ways to measure impedance (LCR meter, VNA, etc), depending on the requirement at the time.