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AMETEK Ls Series Driver Manual User Manual

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IVI Driver Manual

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Default Value: ""

Notes:

(1) You can specify the channel name as a string variable or as a
literal enclosed in double quotes.


attributeID

Variable Type ViAttr

Pass the ID of an attribute.

From the function panel window, you can use this control as follows.

- Click on the control or press , , or
, to display a dialog box containing a
hierarchical list of the available attributes. Help text is
shown for each attribute. Select an attribute by
double-clicking on it or by selecting it and then pressing
.

A ring control at the top of the dialog box allows you to see
all IVI attributes or only the attributes of the ViReal64
type. If you choose to see all IVI attributes, the data types
appear to the right of the attribute names in the list box.
Attributes with data types other than ViReal64 are dim. If
you select an attribute data type that is dim, LabWindows/CVI
transfers you to the function panel for the corresponding
function that is consistent with the data type.

- If you want to enter a variable name, press to change
this ring control to a manual input box.

- If the attribute in this ring control has named constants as
valid values, you can view the constants by moving to the
Attribute Value control and pressing .


attributeValue

Variable Type ViReal64 (passed by reference)

Returns the current value of the attribute. Pass the address of a
ViReal64 variable.

From the function panel window, you can use this control as follows.

- If the attribute currently showing in the Attribute ID ring
control has named constants as valid values, you can view a
list of the constants by pressing on this control.
Select a value by double-clicking on it or by selecting it and
then pressing .

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