
November 1985
National Instruments
If this is the first function you call that requires GPIB
controller capability, and you have not disabled System
Controller capability with
the GPIB-MAC sends
Interface Clear
to make itself CIC. It also asserts
Remote Enable.
If you passed control to some other GPIB device,
control must be passed back to you or you must send
IFC to make yourself CIC before making this call.
Otherwise, the ECIC error will be posted.
If the address of the GPIB-MAC is included in
the
GPIB-MAC disables itself from responding to parallel
polls.
Refer also to
ist,
and to Appendix F on
parallel polls.
Examples:
1. PRINT
14”
‘Send the PPU command to device 14.
2. PRINT
‘Send the PPU command to all devices.
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