Measurement Computing TempScan/1100 - Manual (Page 272)

C-2 Program Examples in Quick Basic 879696 TempScan / MultiScan, Appendix C
The QuickBASIC PRINT and INPUT commands are used to communicate with the driver. The most-
commonly used driver commands are ENTER , OUTPUT , and SPOLL , as follows:
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ENTER gets data from the selected device, The syntax of the ENTER command is "ENTERaddr" , where
addr is the IEEE 488 address of the instrument. Right after the ENTER command, the QuickBASIC
INPUT function must be used to bring the data into a language variable.
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OUTPUT sends data to the selected device. The syntax of the OUTPUT command is "OUTPUTaddr;out
data" , where addr is the IEEE 488 address of the instrument, and out data is the string of
characters to send to the device.
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SPOLL is an abbreviation for Serial Poll which retrieves an 8-bit status response from the selected
instrument. The syntax of the SPOLL command is "SPOLLaddr" , where addr is the IEEE 488
address of the instrument. Right after the SPOLL command, the QuickBASIC INPUT function must be
used to bring the data into a language variable.
Note: In all of the following examples, the IEEE 488 bus address is 07 .