National Instruments GPIB-232CV User Manual page 8

Contents
C Mode Operation .................................................................... 3-5
Buffering and Handshaking ..................................................... 3-8
Appendix A
Hardware Specifications
Appendix B
Interfacing to a Serial Device
The RS-232C Standard ............................................................ B-1
The RS-232C Serial Port.......................................................... B-1
Interfacing the GPIB-232CV to a DCE .................................. B-3
Interfacing the GPIB-232CV to a DTE .................................. B-5
Appendix C
Application Examples
Using the GPIB-232CV as a High-Speed Print Spooler .......... C-1
Using the GPIB-232CV to Connect a HP7475 GPIB
Plotter to a PC Serial Port ........................................................ C-4
Appendix D
Customer Communication
Glossary
.............................................................................................. G-1
GPIB-232CV User Manual
Special Conditions in D Mode .................................. 3-5
Modes of Operation within C Mode .......................... 3-5
Time Termination Mode ............................. 3-6
<CR> or <LF> Termination Mode ............. 3-6
No-Swap Mode ........................................... 3-7
Hardware Handshake................................................. 3-8
XON/XOFF ............................................................... 3-9
.............................................................. A-1
................................................................... C-1
.................................................... B-1
.......................................................... D-1
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