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Transmitter holding register – National Instruments GPIB-COM User Manual

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Programming the GPIB-COM

Section Five

GPIB-COM User Manual

5-2

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Transmitter Holding Register

Offset from Base I/O Address = 0

Register Address = XF8

DLAB bit in Line Control Register = 0

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

D6

D5

D7

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

W

The Transmitter Holding Register contains the character to be sent to the serial output, with bit 0
being the least significant and bit 7 the most significant. It functions identically on the GPIB-COM
and the INS8250.

Bit

Mnemonic

Description

7-0w

D[7-0]

Data Bits 7 through 0