KEPCO BHK-MG 40W (Half Rack) Series - Manual (Page 62)

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BHK-1/2-MG 121313
Failure to provide an adequate delay can result in:
• Commands that are not processed,
• The following command may be received in error, causing an error in the transmission,
• Unit lock-up requiring power cycling of the unit. If working via the GPIB bus, sending
Interface Clear and Device Clear followed by *RST will unlock the unit.
FIGURE 3-2. PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE TO VERIFY PREVIOUS COMMAND HAS COMPLETED
3.4 BHK-MG VISA INSTRUMENT DRIVER
The VISA instrument driver simplifies programming with a VISA compatible GPIB controller. and
Includes 1) source code (C) for all VISA functions, and 2) a complete programming reference
#include
#include
#include
#include
/*Overhead for the use of a NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS gpib interface */
int unit_desc; // handle for the national instruments controller
int GPIbus=0; // GPIB card 0
int adr=6; // Power Supply address
char status_byte; // status byte from the power supply
#define MAV 0x10 /* bit 4 of the status byte is the Message AVailable bit by 488.2 specification */
/* Function Send_with_wait
INPUT: string to be sent to power supply
Description: adds the *OPC? query and performs serial polls to wait for the command to be completed.
*/
int Send_with_wait(char *command);
char snd[501]; // data to be sent to the power supply
char rcv [10]; // data from power supply
int j;
sprintf(snd,”%s;:*OPC?,command); // Add *OPC? to the command
// so there is a response from the
// power supply
Send(GPIbus, adr, snd, strlen(snd), 2); // Send the data to the power supply
for (j=0;j<500;j++)( // loop until ready (5 seconds max)
Delay(.05); // Wait for command to complete
ibrsp(unit_desc,&status_byte); // get status byte
if ((status_byte& 0x10) ==0x10) break;) // by looking for data in string
Receive (GPIbus, adr, rev, rev_buf_size,10); // so the error queue will not receive a 410 error
}
main( // test code to show operation of function.
unit_desc=ibdev(GPIbus,adr,adr/256,T100ms,1,0x40a);Delay(.005);
Send (GPIbus,adr,”VOLT 10;curr .01”,sizeof(“VOLT 10;curr .01”),NLEND;
Send_with_wait(“*SAV 10”);
}