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III. COMMAND REFERENCES - 14. Command Summaries
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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