Local Command Set
Chapter 3
GPIB-VXI User Manual
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CIArea?
Purpose:
Return the base address and size of CI global memory area.
Query
Syntax:
CIArea?
Response:
Program
response:
<base address>, <number of blocks>
<CRLF>
where
<base address>
and
<number of blocks>
are the current base
address and size of the CI RAM area in blocks of 4K, respectively.
Console
response:
CI Global Base is local Address <hex base address> with <number of
blocks> 4K blocks
<CRLF>
<hex base address>
is the base address of the CI RAM area in C language
hexadecimal notation.
<number of blocks>
is the size of the CI RAM area
(in blocks of 4K) in decimal.
CIBlocks?
Purpose:
Return a listing of used and unused CI memory area blocks.
Query
Syntax:
CIBlocks?
Response:
Program
response:
<b0>, <b1>, . . ., <bL-1>
<CRLF>
where
<bJ>
is a boolean value that indicates whether the Jth block is unused (0)
or used (1).
L
is the number of blocks of 4K in the CI global memory area.
Console
response:
Blocks Used of the <L> Blocks of CI Global Memory:
<CRLF>
<r0start> - <r0stop>, <r1start> - <r1stop>, . . .,<r
N-1start> -
<r
N-1stop>
<CRLF>
where
<rMstart>
and
<rMstop>
are the start and stop block numbers for the
Mth occupied memory region.
