Quantum Data 881, User Manual

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*WAI
WAIt for completion suffix
Class GPIB port control
Description Causes the generator to wait until all processes have been completed before sending the
prompt. Normally, the generator returns a prompt immediately after either an FMTU,
IMGU, ALLU, BOOT, INIT, or SCAL command is received, even before these commands
have finished executing. If the system controlling the generator must know when a
command has finished executing, use a semicolon to append the suffix … ;*WAI. .
Command syntax command ; *WAI
command
FMTU, IMGU, ALLU, BOOT, INIT, or SCAL
Example
FMTL vga_m3 // Load a format from memory to buffer
IMGL SMPTE133 // Load the SMPTE RP-133 image to buffer
ALLU; *WAI // Update hardware to current buffer contents and delay
// prompt until all done