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III. COMMAND REFERENCES - 14. Command Summaries

14B. Driver488/SUB, QuickBASIC

Personal488 User’s Manual, Rev. 3.0

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ioTriggerList% (DevHandles%())

Issue GET to devices in list

ioUnListen% (IntfHandle%)

Send the Unlisten (UNL) command

ioUnTalk% (IntfHandle%)

Send the Untalk (UNT) command

ioWait% (IntfHandle%)

Wait until asynchronous transfer has completed

The Commands

To obtain a more detailed description of the command references for Driver488/SUB, turn to Chapter
15 “Command References” in this Section. The commands are presented in alphabetical order for ease
of use.

Syntax Parameters

Name

Type

Description

Async%

integer

Flag to indicate async transfer

Bytes$

string

String containing characters to transfer

CompStat%

integer

Completion status from Driver

Condition%

integer

Arm/Disarm bit mask

Count&

long

Long count specifier

Data$

string

Buffer used to send or receive data

DevHandle%

integer

External device handle

DevHandles%()

integer array

Array of handles

Display%

integer

Error message display is ON or OFF

DmaChan%

integer

Hardware DMA channel

ErrHandle%

integer

Handle that caused error

ErrText$

string

Buffer containing error text

Flag%

integer

ON or OFF specifier

ForceAddr%

integer

Force address flag

Freq%

integer

Clock frequency

Handle%

integer

Either a DevHandle or an IntfHandle

IntLev%

integer

Hardware Interrupt level

IntfHandle%

integer

Interface handle

IOAddr%

integer

I/O base address

Last%

integer

Terminator on last byte indicator

Length%

integer

Number of Bytes

LightPen%

integer

Light Pen emulation is ON or OFF

Limit%

integer

Max number of listeners

Listener%()

integer array

Array of FindListener results

Message$

string

Buffer used to receive data

Monitor%

integer

Data monitor ON or OFF

Name$

string

Name of external device or DOS device

Ppresponse%

integer

Configuration byte

Prim%

integer

IEEE 488 primary address

SPResult%()

integer array

Array of SPOLL results

Sec%

integer

IEEE 488 primary address

Spstatus%

integer

Service request status

StatusVal

IeeeStatus

Status structure

SysCont%

integer

System Controller flag for IEEE 488 interface

TermP

terms

Terms TYPE

TermType%

integer

Terminator type: TERMIN or TERMOUT

Timeout&

integer

Timeout value in milliseconds

UntilFlag%

integer

SpollList operating mode