Index - National Instruments NI-488.2M Software Reference Manual

Index

Numbers/Symbols
! (repeat previous function), ibic
utility, 5-21
$ (execute indirect file) function,
ibic utility, 5-23
+ (turn on display) function, ibic
utility, 5-21 to 5-22
- (turn off display) function, ibic
utility, 5-21 to 5-22
A
addresses
base I/O address, 7-14
ENEB error code, B-6
ENOL error code, B-3 to B-4
primary GPIB address, 7-10
secondary GPIB address, 7-10
addressing
enable repeat addressing, 7-15
repeat addressing, 4-6
AllSpoll function, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8
ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.1-1987, 1-5
ANSI/IEEE Standard
488.2-1987, 1-5
API interface. See OS/2 API
interface.
application examples
asynchronous I/O, 2-6 to 2-7
basic communication, 2-2
to 2-3
with IEEE 488.2 compliant
devices, 2-14 to 2-15
clearing and triggering devices,
2-4 to 2-5
end-of-string mode, 2-8 to 2-9
files on distribution disk, 1-1 to
1-2, 2-1
© National Instruments Corp.
non-controller, 2-21 to 2-22
parallel polls, 2-18 to 2-20
serial polls using NI-488.2
routines, 2-16 to 2-17
service requests, 2-10 to 2-13
applications, debugging
checking global variable
status, 4-3
communication errors, 4-6
configuration errors, 4-4
GPIB error codes, 4-3 to 4-4
ibic, 4-3
ibtest, 4-1 to 4-2
reconfiguring NI-488.2M
software, 4-5
repeat addressing, 4-6
termination method, 4-6
timing errors, 4-5
applications, writing. See also
application examples.
choosing programming method,
3-1 to 3-4
compiling and linking programs
16-bit C applications, 3-21
32-bit C applications, 3-20
ibic for communicating with
devices, 3-7
NI-488 applications, 3-7 to 3-12
clearing devices, 3-10
configuring devices, 3-10
items to include, 3-7
NI-488 program shell, 3-8
opening devices, 3-9
placing devices
processing data, 3-12
reading measurement, 3-12
triggering devices, 3-10
I-1 NI-488.2M SRM for OS/2
to 3-21
offline, 3-12
to 3-11