Address Syntax; Interactive Control Commands; Table 6-1. Syntax For Device-Level Traditional Ni-488.2 Calls In - National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual

Address Syntax

Interactive Control Commands

Table 6-1. Syntax for Device-Level Traditional NI-488.2 Calls in Interactive Control
Syntax
ibask option
ibbna bname
ibclr
ibconfig option
value
ibdev BdIndx pad
sad tmo eot eos
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Special symbols—Some instruments require special termination or
end-of-string (EOS) characters that indicate to the device that a
transmission has ended. The two most common EOS characters are
. represents a carriage return character and
\n \r
character. You can use these special characters to insert the carriage return
and linefeed characters into a string, as in
Some of the NI-488.2 calls have an address or address list parameter. An
address is a 16-bit representation of the GPIB device address. The primary
address is stored in the low byte and the secondary address, if any, is stored
in the high byte. For example, a device at primary address 6 and secondary
address 0x67 has an address of 0x6706. A
0xffff. An address list is represented by a comma-separated list of
addresses, such as
1,2,3
Tables 6-1 and 6-2 summarize the syntax of the traditional NI-488.2 calls
in the Interactive Control utility. Table 6-3 summarizes the syntax of the
multi-device NI-488.2 calls in the Interactive Control utility. Table 6-4
summarizes the auxiliary functions that you can use in the Interactive
Control utility. For more information about the function parameters, use the
online help, available by typing in
name, the Interactive Control utility prompts you for parameters.
Return configuration information where
configuration parameter
Change access interface of device where
new interface
Clear specified device
Alter configurable parameters where
configuration parameter
Open an unused device;
eot eos
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"*IDN?\r\n"
NULL
.
. If you enter only the function
help
Description
option
bname
option
parameters are
ibdev
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represents a linefeed
\n
.
address is represented as
is a mnemonic for a
is symbolic name of
is mnemonic for a
BdIndx pad sad tmo
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and
\r