#include <visa.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main () 
{
  ViSession defaultRM, vi;
  char buf [256] = {0};
  char addr [20] = "GPIB0::8::INSTR";
  viOpenDefaultRM (&defaultRM);
  viOpen (defaultRM, addr, VI_NULL,VI_NULL, &vi);
  viPrintf (vi, "*RST\n");
  viPrintf (vi, "*IDN?\n");
  viScanf (vi, "%t", &buf);
  printf ("Instrument identification string: %s\n", buf);
  viClose (vi);
  viClose (defaultRM);

}