Chapter 1
General Description
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Interface
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TNT4882C ASIC coupled with DMA
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Full, transparent support of individual status bytes for each GPIB
address
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Buffered operation decouples GPIB and VXIbus operation
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Controller can address one VXIbus device to talk and one or more
other VXIbus devices to listen
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IEEE 488.1 capabilities
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SH1 (Source Handshake)
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AH1 (Acceptor Handshake)
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T5, TE5 (Talker, Extended Talker): multiple primary or multiple
secondary addressing
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L3, LE3 (Listener, Extended Listener): multiple primary or
multiple secondary addressing
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SR1 (Service Request)
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DC1 (Device Clear)
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DT1 (Device Trigger)
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RL0 (Remote Local)
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PP0 (Parallel Poll)
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IEEE 488.2-compatible 488-VXIbus translation
The IEEE 488.1 capabilities are supported for all VXIbus devices
associated with GPIB addresses. The IEEE 488.2 compatibility applies to
488.2-compatible VXIbus devices associated with GPIB addresses through
the GPIB-VXI/C.
Local Command Set Overview
The GPIB-VXI/C local command set supports the following types of
operations:
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System configuration and control
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Help
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General configuration
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RM information extraction
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VXI-defined common ASCII system commands
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Dynamic system configuration and reconfiguration