National Instruments NI-488.2M Software Reference Manual page 8

Contents
Parallel Polling ........................................................................... 6-9
Chapter 7
ibconf-Interface Bus Configuration Utility
Overview..................................................................................... 7-1
Starting ibconf ............................................................................7-1
Levels of ibconf ..........................................................................7-2
Board and Device Configuration Options ..................................7-9
NI-488.2M SRM for OS/2
Automatic Serial Polling ..............................................6-4
Autopolling and the Stuck SRQ State ........... 6-5
Autopolling and Interrupts............................. 6-5
SRQ and Serial Polling with NI-488 Device
Functions ......................................................................6-6
SRQ and Serial Polling with NI-488.2 Routines ......... 6-6
Example 1 ......................................................6-7
Example 2 ......................................................6-8
Implementing a Parallel Poll ........................................6-9
Parallel Polling with NI-488.2 Routines........6-9
Parallel Polling with NI-488 Functions ......... 6-10
Input Selection Level ................................................... 7-2
Map Level ....................................................................7-4
Device Map of the Boards ............................. 7-5
Help................................................................7-5
Rename ..........................................................7-5
(Dis)connect................................................... 7-6
Edit................................................................. 7-6
Exit................................................................. 7-6
Description Level ......................................................... 7-7
Change Characteristics................................... 7-8
Next Board/Device......................................... 7-8
Help................................................................7-8
Reset Value ....................................................7-8
Return to Map ................................................7-8
Output Selection Level................................................. 7-9
Primary GPIB Address................................................. 7-10
Secondary GPIB Address............................................. 7-10
Timeout Setting ............................................................7-10
Terminate Read on EOS............................................... 7-11
Set EOI with EOS on Write ......................................... 7-11
Type of Compare on EOS ............................................7-11
EOS Byte......................................................................7-11
Send EOI at End of Write ............................................7-12
GPIB-Specific Errors ................................................... 7-12
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