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NI-488.2M UM for Windows NT
Index
Symbols
! (repeat previous function) function, ibic, 5-15
$ (execute indirect file) function, ibic, 5-16
+ (turn display on) function, ibic, 5-15
- (turn display off) function, ibic, 5-15
A
active Controller. See Controller-in-Charge (CIC).
addresses. See GPIB addresses .
AllSpoll routine, 6-8, 6-9
application development. See also debugging.
accessing NI-488.2M DLL, 3-1
application examples
asynchronous I/O, 2-6 to 2-7
basic communication, 2-2 to 2-3
basic communication with IEEE 488.2-compliant devices, 2-14 to 2-15
clearing and triggering devices, 2-4 to 2-5
end-of-string mode, 2-8 to 2-9
non-controller example, 2-20 to 2-21
parallel polls, 2-18 to 2-19
serial polls using NI-488.2 routines, 2-16 to 2-17
service requests, 2-10 to 2-13
source code files, 2-1
choosing between NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines, 3-1 to 3-3
compiling, linking, and running applications, 3-17 to 3-20
global variables for checking status, 3-3 to 3-5
count variables - ibcnt and ibcntl, 3-5 to 3-6
error variable - iberr, 3-5
status word - ibsta, 3-3 to 3-5
ibic for communicating with devices, 3-6
NI-488 applications
clearing devices, 3-8
configuring devices, 3-9
flowchart of programming with device-level functions, 3-7
general steps and examples, 3-8 to 3-10
items to include, 3-6
opening devices, 3-8
placing device offline, 3-10
processing of data, 3-10
program shell (illustration), 3-7
reading measurement, 3-10
