National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual page 126

Index
items to include, 3-8
placing device offline before
exiting, 3-9
applications, existing. See existing
applications, running.
asynchronous event notification in Win32
applications, 7-4 to 7-9
calling ibnotify function, 7-4 to 7-5
ibnotify programming example,
7-5 to 7-9
ATN (attention) line (table), A-3
ATN status word condition
bit position, hex value, and type
(table), 3-6
description, B-4
automatic serial polling. See serial polling.
auxiliary functions, Interactive Control utility,
6-9 to 6-10
B
board calls. See NI-488.2 calls.
Borland C/C++ programming
instructions, 3-12
buffer option function, Interactive Control
utility, 6-10
bus management and device-level calls, 7-11
C
C language
Borland C/C++ programming
instructions, 3-12
direct entry for application development,
3-13 to 3-16
directly accessing gpib-32.dll
exports, 3-15 to 3-16
gpib-32.dll exports, 3-13 to 3-14
Microsoft Visual C/C++ programming
instructions, 3-12
cable length for high-speed data transfers,
7-2 to 7-3
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CIC. See Controller-in-Charge (CIC).
CIC Protocol, 7-11
CIC status word condition
bit position, hex value, and type
(table), 3-6
description, B-4
CMPL status word condition
bit position, hex value, and type
(table), 3-6
description, B-3
common questions. See troubleshooting and
common questions.
communicating with instruments
multiple interfaces or multiple
devices, 3-5
simple instrument control, 3-1 to 3-2
single GPIB device, 3-4 to 3-5
using Interactive Control utility, 3-7
using Measurement & Automation
Explorer, 2-6 to 2-8
advanced communication, 2-7 to 2-8
basic communication, 2-6 to 2-7
using NI-488.2 Communicator, 3-1 to 3-2
communication errors, 4-5
repeat addressing, 4-5
termination method, 4-5
configuration, 1-1 to 1-3. See also Interactive
Control utility.
controlling more than one interface, 1-2
linear and star system configuration
(figure), 1-1
requirements, 1-2 to 1-3
system configuration effects on
HS488, 7-3
configuration errors, 4-3
Configure (CFGn) message, 7-3
Configure Enable (CFE) message, 7-3
Controller-in-Charge (CIC)
active or inactive, A-1
making GPIB board CIC, 3-10, 7-11
System Controller as CIC, A-1
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