Common Errors and Their Solutions
Appendix B
GPIB-PC User Manual
B-6
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EBUS(14)
Error Condition: Command error during device call.
Solutions:
•
Find out which device is abnormally slow to accept commands
and fix the problem with the device.
•
If more time is needed to send commands, lengthen the time
limit of the board in
IBCONF
or with
IBTMO
.
ESTB(15)
Error Condition: Serial poll status byte(s) lost.
Solutions:
•
Call
IBRSP
more often to read the status bytes.
•
Ignore ESTB.
ESRQ(16)
Error Condition: SRQ stuck in the ON position.
Solutions:
•
Ignore ESRQ until all devices are found. It occurred because
the device asserting SRQ was not opened with
IBFIND
. The
automatic serial polling polls only the opened devices.
•
Check that you have used
IBFIND
to open all devices on the
GPIB that could assert SRQ. Remove any device from the bus
if it is not being accessed.
•
Using
IBIC
, attach one device at a time and determine that it
is unasserting SRQ after being polled.
•
Inspect the interconnecting cable to see that the devices are
attached and that the connectors are seated properly.