Measurement Computing GPIB-488 - Manual (Page 82)

Chapter 4 GPIB 488.2 Library Reference
Programming Reference Manual 4-14 GPIB-488
ReadStatusByte
Serial poll a single device and read its status byte.
Syntax
C ReadStatusByte(int board, int address, short
*result)
Parameters
board is an integer which identifies the GPIB board to be used for this operation. In most
applications, this value is 0.
address is an integer representing the GPIB address of the device that is to be serial polled.
Returns
result will contain the status byte. The high byte of result is always 0.
ibsta will contain a 16-bit status word as described in Appendix B, IBSTA .
iberr will contain an error code, if an error occurred.
Usage Notes
None.
Example
This example serial polls the device at address 2 and retrieves its status byte.
C short result;
ReadStatusByte (0, 2, &result);