Status Word; Error Information - National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual

Chapter 6 Interactive Control Utility
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Status Word

Error Information

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Table 6-4. Auxiliary Functions in Interactive Control (Continued)
Turn ON display.
Execute function times where
n
Control function syntax.
Execute previous function
Execute indirect file where
Interactive Control functions to be executed.
Set type of display used for buffers. Valid options are
and . Default is
off full
Exit or quit.
In the Interactive Control utility, all NI-488.2 calls (except
) return the status word
ibdev
brackets and a list of mnemonics in parentheses. In the following example,
the status word is on the second line, showing that the write operation
completed successfully:
ud0: ibwrt "*IDN?"
[0100] (cmpl)
count: 5
ud0:
For more information about
NI-488.2 Application.
If an NI-488.2 call completes with an error, the Interactive Control utility
displays the relevant error mnemonic. In the following example, an error
condition EBUS has occurred during a data transfer:
ud0: ibwrt "*IDN?"
[8100] (err cmpl)
error: EBUS
count: 1
ud0:
Description
represents the correct Interactive
function
times.
n
is the pathname of a file that contains
filename
.
in two forms: a hex value in square
ibsta
, refer to Chapter 3,
ibsta
6-10
, , ,
full brief ascii
and
ibfind
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