Measurement Computing Analyzer488 - Manual (Page 129)

Section 4 Serial Controller
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state is the state of a bus management line. A slash [/] indicates
unasserted, [X] means "don't care". The absence of a slash [/]
or [X] means true (asserted).
line is a bus management line, one or more of: ATN, REN, EOI,
IFC , or SRQ.
byte is a data byte specifying the state of the data lines. byte may
be specified in Binary (%01001010), Decimal (122),
Hexadecimal (&H3F), or ASCII ('A). In binary or hexadecmal
format, an X may be used to specify "don't care".
location is an address of the record memory, from 0 to 32767
+ or - indicates a search direction.
ERROR specifies a bus error condition.
RESPONSE A five digit number, 0 to 32767, specifying a location in the record
memory, or the number 65535 if no match is found.
MODE Any
BUS STATES None
QUERY A fixed-field string in the following format:
RESPONSE FIND MATCH[[ ][/][X]]ATN [[ ][/][X]]REN
[[ ][
/][X]]EOI [[ ][/][X]]IFC [[ ][/][X]]SRQ
byte [[ ][/][X]]ERROR
EXAMPLES PRINT#1,"FIND MATCH &H0D" Find first location containing a
Carriage Return.
INPUT#1,A$ Get response
PRINT A$ Response: 6
Location 6 contains a Carriage
Return character