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wibic–Windows Interface Bus Interactive Control Utility Chapter 5
NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows 5-14 © National Instruments Corp.
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Auxiliary Functions
Table 5-4 summarizes the auxiliary functions that you can use in wibic.
Table 5-4. Auxiliary Functions in wibic
Function Description
set udname
Select active device or board where udname is the symbolic
name of the new device or board (for example, dev1 or gpib0).
Call ibfind or ibdev initially to open each device or board.
help [option]
Display help information where option is any NI-488 or
NI-488.2 call. If you do not enter an option, a menu of options
appears.
!
Repeat previous function.
-
Turn display off.
+
Turn display on.
n* function
Execute function n times where function represents the
correct wibic function syntax.
n* !
Execute previous function n times.
$ filename
Execute indirect file where filename is the pathname of a file
that contains wibic functions to be executed.
print string
Display string on screen where string is an ASCII character
sequence, octal bytes, hex bytes, or special symbols.
buffer option
Set the type of display used for buffers. Valid options are full,
brief, ascii, and off . The default is full.
e
Exit or quit.
q
Exit or quit.