Hey.

I'm doing my thesis and a part of my project is to bring an old HPLC-system back to life.
It's Waters 2695. I've connected it to computer through the PCI-GPIB interface (IEEE 488.2).
In the driver software for the PCI-GPIB I've located the instrument; the next step is to try
to communicate with it.

The standard command is *IDN? that can be sent from the driver software,
but I get error message saying EABO, which means that "I/O operation has been
canceled due to timeout after a GPIB read". Error message also says that i need to be
sure that the instrument understands the communication "language" and I should check for the command syntax
at the manufacturers manual. I've checked the manual for Waters 2695, and on the Internet, but there are no
such things as command lists or command syntax for Waters 2695.

Do I even need to communicate with my instrument through the PCI-GPIB driver software?
Or can I just go on with Operator software and continue with configuration from there?
I am going to use MassLynx V3.2 (the "newest" version that I have access to, hehe)

I am grateful for help.