National Instruments NI-488.2 User Manual
Page 126
Glossary
G-6
ni.com
MLA
My Listen Address—A GPIB command used to address a device to be
a Listener. It can be any one of the 31 primary addresses.
MSA
My Secondary Address—The GPIB command used to address a device to
be a Listener or a Talker when extended (two-byte) addressing is used. The
complete address is a MLA or MTA address followed by an MSA address.
There are 31 secondary addresses for a total of 961 distinct listen or talk
addresses for devices.
MTA
My Talk Address—A GPIB command used to address a device to be
a Talker. It can be any one of the 31 primary addresses.
multitasking
The concurrent processing of more than one program or task.
N
NDAC
Not Data Accepted—One of the three GPIB handshake lines.
See also
NRFD
Not Ready For Data—One of the three GPIB handshake lines.
See also
P
parallel poll
The process of polling all configured devices at once and reading
a composite poll response. See also
.
PC
Personal computer.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PIO
.
PPC
Parallel Poll Configure—The GPIB command used to configure
an addressed Listener to participate in polls.
PPD
Parallel Poll Disable—The GPIB command used to disable a configured
device from participating in polls. There are 16 PPD commands.
PPE
Parallel Poll Enable—The GPIB command used to enable a configured
device to participate in polls and to assign a DIO response line.
There are 16 PPE commands.