Programming in S Mode
Chapter 4
GPIB-232CT User Manual
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© National Instruments Corp.
talk address is 64 (primary address plus 64), and the secondary address is 2
or 98, which are equivalent. The next paragraph explains the
\x
notation.
0+2
or
0+98
or
32+98
or
0+\x62
Numeric String Argument
Another type of argument is a numeric string. A numeric string represents
an integer, which you can express using decimal, octal, or hexadecimal
digits. To specify an octal integer, precede it with a backslash (
\
). To
specify a hexadecimal integer, precede it with a backslash x (
\x
) or
backslash X (
\X
).
Each of the following numeric strings represents the decimal integer value
112:
112
\160
\x70
The GPIB address argument described in the preceding discussion,
GPIB
Address
, consisted of one or two numeric strings.
Status Information
The function descriptions in Chapter 5 explain that the GPIB-232CT
records
specific status and error information. This means that it stores that
information in its memory so that the status information is available to you
when you request it.
The function descriptions also explain that the GPIB-232CT
returns
to you
certain information. This means that the GPIB-232CT sends information to
you over the serial port. You then read this information from your serial
port.
