Chapter 3
Local Command Set
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VXI-Defined Common ASCII System Commands
These VXI-defined Common ASCII System Commands and Queries are described in the
following sections:
•
DCON?
•
DINF?
•
DLAD?
•
DNUM?
•
DRES?
•
RREG?
•
WREG
You can use these commands and queries to retrieve device information/configuration,
perform a soft reset, and peek/poke a device’s registers.
The
DNUM?
query is used to find out how many devices are in the system. The
DLAD?
query
returns a list of logical addresses for devices in the system.
The
DINF?
query returns static information about a device. The
DCON?
query returns
configuration information about a device.
The
DRES?
query is used to perform a soft-reset sequence on a device.
The
RREG?
query and
WREG
command are used to peek (read from) and poke (write to)
registers on a VXI device.