National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual page 120

Glossary
hex
high-level function
HS488
Hz
I
ibcnt
ibcntl
iberr
ibsta
IEEE
interface message
I/O
I/O address
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Hexadecimal; a number represented in base 16. For example, decimal 16 is
hex 10.
See device-level function.
A high-speed data transfer protocol for IEEE 488. This protocol increases
performance for GPIB reads and writes up to 8 Mbytes/s, depending on
your system.
Hertz.
After each NI-488.2 I/O call, this global variable contains the actual
number of bytes transmitted. On systems with a 16-bit integer, such as
MS-DOS, is a 16-bit integer, and
ibcnt
cross-platform compatibility, use
After each NI-488.2 I/O call, this global variable contains the actual
number of bytes transmitted. On systems with a 16-bit integer, such as
MS-DOS, is a 16-bit integer, and
ibcnt
cross-platform compatibility, use
A global variable that contains the specific error code associated with a
function call that failed.
At the end of each function call, this global variable (status word) contains
status information.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
A broadcast message sent from the Controller to all devices and used to
manage the GPIB.
Input/output. In this manual, it is the transmission of commands or
messages between the system via the GPIB board and other devices on the
GPIB.
The address of the GPIB board from the point of view of the CPU, as
opposed to the GPIB address of the GPIB board. Also called port address
or board address.
ibcntl
.
ibcntl
ibcntl
.
ibcntl
G-4
is a 32-bit integer. For
is a 32-bit integer. For
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