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REASSIGN Function: Reassign device names.
Syntax: REASSIGN
Argument(s): none
Remarks: This function is used to reassign changes that may have been made to the
device assignments with the ASSIGN, ASSIGN ATTN, and ASSIGN SWITCH commands. Unlike
the RECONFIG command, it does not perform the physical device configuration process, and
executes much faster.
Return Value: none
Example(s): REASSIGN
COUNT? DEVICE Function: Reads the number of configured devices
Syntax: COUNT? DEVICE
Argument(s): none
Remarks: This function is used to read the number of installed and configured devices.
Return Value: count integer count of devices
Example(s): COUNT? DEVICE returns the following ’4’
LIST? DEVICE Function: Read device installation
Syntax: LIST? DEVICE Argument(s): none
Remarks: This function is used to read a list of the names of all physical devices that
have been installed by the configuration process. It returns a count of the devices, and for each
the device name.
Return Value: count integer count of names
name string10 name
Example(s): LIST? DEVICE returns the following ’2, SW1, RFSWITCH’
LIST? DEVICE
CONFIG
Function: Reads a list of installed devices
Syntax: LIST? DEVICE CONFIG
or LIST? DEV CFG
Argument(s): none
Remarks: This function is used to read a list of the physical devices that were installed by
the configuration process. The list contains a count of the devices installed, and for each the
device name, model, id, and address. The name returned is the device name assigned via the
ASSIGN command. If the device does not have an assigned name, then the string NONAME is
returned in this field. The
model and id fields are read from the device, and the addr field is the
Device Interface Bus address assigned by the 8210A-2-5 configuration process.
Return Value: count integer count of devices
name string10 device name
model string8 model
id integer32 serial number
addr int8 address
Example(s): LIST? DEVICE CONFIG returns the following ’2, AT1, 150T-70, 102,
2, AT2, 150T-11, 113, 4’
CONFIG DEVICE COUNT Function: Sets the count of devices for system configuration verification
Syntax: CONFIG DEVICE COUNT devcnt
Argument(s): devcnt integer count of physical devices
Remarks: This function is used to set the number of expected devices for the system
configuration process. If during the configuration process at least devcnt number of physical
devices are not found, the configuration process fails. The value can be stored in non-volatile
memory via the SAVE CONFIG command, and will be recalled during system initialization.
Return Value: none
Example(s): CONFIG DEVICE COUNT 8
CFG DEV CNT 6
CONFIG? DEVICE COUNT Function: reads the system device count configuration
Syntax: CONFIG? DEVICE COUNT
Argument(s): none
Remarks: This function is used to read the number of devices expected during the
system configuration process. Return Value: devcnt integer count of devices
Example(s): CONFIG? DEVICE COUNT returns the following ’8’