BASICA/QuickBASIC GPIB-PC Function Calls
Section Four A
GPIB-PC User Manual
4A-8
©National Instruments Corp.
Table 4A.1 - BASICA GPIB-PC Functions (continued)
Description
CALL Function Syntax
Wait for selected event
IBWAIT (BD%,MASK%
)
Write data from string
IBWRT (BD%,WRT$)
Write data asynchronously from string
IBWRTA (BD%,WRT$)
Write data from file
IBWRTF (BD%,FLNAME$)
Write data from integer array
IBWRTI
(BD%,IARR%(0),CNT%)
Write data asynch from integer array
IBWRTIA
(BD%,IARR%(0),CNT%)
The first argument of all function calls except
IBFIND
is the integer
variable
BD%
, which serves as a unit descriptor. Refer to the
IBFIND
function description and Section Three for additional information on the
use of this unit descriptor.
Table 4A.2 contains a complete list of the QuickBASIC GPIB calls,
their parameters, and a short description of each.
Table 4A.2 - QuickBASIC GPIB-PC Calls
Description
CALL Function Syntax
Change access board of device
IBBNA (BD%,BNAME$)
Become Active Controller
IBCAC (BD%,V%)
Clear specified device
IBCLR (BD%)
Send commands from string
IBCMD (BD%,CMD$)
Send commands asynchronously from
string
IBCMDA (BD%,CMD$)
Enable/disable DMA
IBDMA (BD%,V%)
Change/disable EOS mode
IBEOS (BD%,V%)
Enable/disable END message
IBEOT (BD%,V%)
Open device and return unit descriptor
IBFIND (BDNAME$,BD%)
Go from Active Controller to standby
IBGTS (BD%,V%)
Set/clear ist
IBIST (BD%,V%)
Go to local
IBLOC (BD%)
Place device online/offline
IBONL (BD%,V%)
Change primary address
IBPAD (BD%,V%
)
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