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Eadr(3), Earg(4) – National Instruments GPIB-PC User Manual

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Appendix B

Common Errors and Their Solutions

©National Instruments Corp.

B-3

GPIB-PC User Manual

EADR(3)

Error Condition: GPIB-PC (

GPIB0

or

GPIB1

) is not addressed

correctly.

Solutions:

Use

IBCMD

to send the appropriate Talk or Listen address

before attempting an

IBWRT

or

IBRD

.

If calling

IBGTS

with the shadow handshake feature, call

IBCMD

to ensure that the GPIB ATN line is asserted.

EARG(4)

Error Condition: Invalid argument to function call.

Solutions:

Errors received from

IBIC

:

-

Verify syntax in Section Five.

-

Make sure the address of the board in

IBCONF

does not

conflict with that of a device.

Errors received when running your application program:

-

Verify syntax in Section Four.

-

Make sure the address of the board in

IBCONF

does not

conflict with that of a device.