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© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows
Index
Numbers/Symbols
! (repeat previous function) function, Interactive
Control utility, 6-9
$ filename (execute indirect file) function,
Interactive Control utility, 6-10
+ (turn ON display) function, Interactive Control
utility, 6-10
- (turn OFF display) function, Interactive
Control utility, 6-9
A
active Controller, A-1
addresses. See GPIB addresses.
AllSpoll routine, 7-15, 7-16
application development. See also debugging;
NI-488.2 programming techniques.
accessing NI-488.2 driver, 3-3
checking status with global variables,
3-5to3-7
count variables (ibcnt and ibcntl), 3-7
error variable (iberr), 3-7
status word (ibsta), 3-5 to 3-7
choosing programming methodology
accessing NI-488.2 driver, 3-3
communicating with single GPIB
device, 3-4 to 3-5
direct entry access, 3-3
multiple interfaces and/or multiple
devices, 3-5
NI-488.2 language interfaces, 3-3
selecting NI-488.2 API subset,
3-4to3-5
communicating with instruments
multiple interfaces or multiple
devices, 3-5
single GPIB device, 3-4 to 3-5
using Interactive Control utility, 3-7
using NI-488.2 Communicator,
3-1to3-2
interactive instrument control, 3-2 to 3-3
language-specific instructions, 3-12 to 3-16
Borland C/C++, 3-12
direct entry with C, 3-13 to 3-16
directly accessing gpib-32.dll
exports, 3-14
to
3-16
gpib-32.dll exports, 3-13
to
3-14
Microsoft Visual Basic, 3-13
Microsoft Visual C/C++, 3-12
programming models
multiple interfaces or multiple GPIB
devices, 3-10 to 3-12
single GPIB device, 3-8 to 3-9
simple instrument control, 3-1 to 3-2
application programming models
multiple interfaces or multiple GPIB
devices, 3-10 to 3-12
becoming Controller-In-Charge, 3-10
communicating with devices,
3-11 to 3-12
determining GPIB address of
device, 3-11
general steps and examples,
3-10 to 3-12
initialization, 3-10
initializing devices, 3-11
items to include, 3-10
placing device offline, 3-12
single GPIB device, 3-8 to 3-9
clearing device, 3-9
communicating with device, 3-9
general steps and examples, 3-8 to 3-9
initialization, 3-8 to 3-9