November 1985
National Instruments
The GPIB-MAC always terminates
rd
operations on the END
message. Using the eos and eot functions, you may change the
other default GPIB read and write termination methods.
Default Settings
The following tables list power-on characteristics of the GPIB-MAC
and the functions you can use to change those characteristics.
SERIAL PORT CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic
echo bytes to serial port
ignore serial port errors
send
recognize
Power-on Value
Function
no
echo
spign
no
xon
no
xon
GPIB CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic
power-on Value
primary/secondary address
end-of-string modes
none
send END on writes
ist bit setting
GPIB-MAC is System Controller yes
timeout
10
serial poll timeout
Function
eos
ist
List of Functions by Group
The
functions are divided into three main groups:
functions, Serial Port functions, and General Use functions.
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