Measurement Computing Digital488/80A - Manual (Page 50)

Command Summary
The following summary presents all 23 of the Digital488/80A commands in alphabetical order according to
their command syntax, plus the Query (
? ) command support.
Command Syntax Description
A Bit Set Abit Set bit to logic 1, where bit = bit value from 1 to 40 .
A? Returns bit of the last bit that was set.
B Bit Clear Bbit Clear bit to logic 0, where bit = bit value from 1 to 40 .
B? Returns bit of the last bit that was cleared.
C Configuration Cn Define I/O mode n of ports, where n = value from 0 to 5 .
C0 (Default) Define all 5 ports as input.
C1 Define Port 1 as output; the other ports are input.
C2 Define Ports 1 and 2 as output; the other ports are input.
C3 Define Ports 1 through 3 as output; the other ports are input.
C4 Define Ports 1 through 4 as output; Port 5 is input.
C5 Define all 5 ports as output.
C? Returns current port configuration mode n .
D Data Output DvalZ Define data to be outputted, where val = data value,
terminated by Z .
Note: In the Format F4 mode, the Z terminator suffix is not used. In
the Format F5 mode, both the D command prefix and the Z
terminator suffix are not used.
E? Query Error Status
E? Returns error status code which indicates the last error
encountered. It returns:
•
E0 if No Error has occurred.
• E1 if Unrecognized Command.
• E2 if Invalid Command Parameter.
•
E3 if Command Conflict Error.
•
E5 if Non-Volatile RAM Checksum Failure.
• E6 if Internal Data Buffer Overrun.
Note: Except for E5 , error is cleared upon reading error status.
F Data Format Fn Define format n of data, where n = value from 0 to 5 .
F0 (Default) Define ASCII hexadecimal (4 bits per character).
F1 Define ASCII character (4 bits per character).
F2 Define ASCII binary (1 bit per character).
F3 Define ASCII decimal (8 bits per number).
F4 Define Binary (each byte = 8 bits).
F5 Define High-speed binary (each byte = 8 bits).
F? Returns current data format n .
G Bus Input/Output Gn Define mode n of data transmission on the IEEE 488 bus when
the Digital488/80A is addressed to Talk, where n = value
from 0 to 4 .
G0 (Default) Input and output port data are sent when addressed to
Talk.
G1 Only input port data is sent
G2 Only output port data is sent
G3 Buffered input and output data are sent
G4 Continuous buffered input and output data are sent
G? Returns current bus input/output mode n .
Note: The amount of data sent is dependent upon the Port Select ( P )
command.
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