PSI BOX PLUS+ Reference
Control Functions
CHAPTER 8
THE IEEE BUS
COMMAND
LANGUAGE
CONTROLS &
FUNCTIONS
Introduction.
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This chapter describes the PSI BOX Mode 7 command
language. First there is a discusion of the types of parameter that
the various commands require. Then there follows complete
alphabetical list of all the Mode 7 commands giving a precise
description of the command syntax, function and usage.
Valid Parameters.
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With the Mode 7 language covering such a wide range of
functions a variety of parameters is required for the different
IEEE command keywords. Some IEEE commands require no
parameters, some commands require exactly one parameter,
others may optionally have none, one, two or more parameters.
The separator between commands and successive
parameters is either a space or a comma. The parameters fall
into the following types, note the address list <add list> is of
particular interest.
<none>
No parameters are required. Some commands never
have any parameters such as ABORT. Others such as
CLEAR or SPOLL perform differently with and
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