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Measurement Computing GPIB-488 User Manual

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GPIB-488

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Programming Reference Manual

Contents

Chapter 1
GPIB Software Overview

Supported Languages.....................................................................................................1-1
GPIB Library Utility Programs......................................................................................1-2

Support For VISA Calls ..................................................................................1-2
GPIB-32.DLL function support.......................................................................1-2
ibnotify ............................................................................................................1-2

Chapter 2
Programming with the GPIB Library

General Concepts ...........................................................................................................2-2

Device vs. Board I/O .......................................................................................2-2
Device I/O .......................................................................................................2-2
Board l/O .........................................................................................................2-3
Device Handles................................................................................................2-3

Global Variables ...............................................................................2-4
iberr—The Error Variable.................................................................2-4
ibcnt and ibcntl—Count Variables....................................................2-4

Chapter 3
GPIB 488.1 Library Reference

IBASK ...........................................................................................................................3-3
IBCAC ...........................................................................................................................3-6
IBCLR............................................................................................................................3-7
IBCMD ..........................................................................................................................3-8
IBCMDA .......................................................................................................................3-10
IBCONFIG.....................................................................................................................3-11
IBDEV ...........................................................................................................................3-15
IBDMA ..........................................................................................................................3-17
IBEOS ............................................................................................................................3-18
IBEOT............................................................................................................................3-20
IBFIND ..........................................................................................................................3-21
IBGTS ............................................................................................................................3-22
IBIST .............................................................................................................................3-24
IBLINES ........................................................................................................................3-25
IBLN ..............................................................................................................................3-27
IBLOC ...........................................................................................................................3-28
IBONL ...........................................................................................................................3-29