Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 For DOS & Windows 3.Xi - Manual (Page 313)

15A. Driver488/DRV Commands III. COMMAND REFERENCES - 15. Command References
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MAKE DEVICE
SYNTAX MAKE DEVICE name = oldname
name is the name of the device that is created with the same configuration as the
existing device oldname.
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES None
SEE ALSO KEEP DEVICE, REMOVE DEVICE
EXAMPLE PRINT#1,”MAKE DEVICE DMM=SCOPE”
PRINT#1,”BUS ADDRESS DMM 16 Create a device named DMM,
attached to the same I/O adapter
as SCOPE and set its IEEE 488
bus address to 16.
The MAKE DEVICE command creates a new, temporary Driver488 device that is an identical copy of an
already existing Driver488 device. The new device is attached to the same I/O adapter of the existing
device and has the same terminators, timeouts, and other characteristics. If there are no appropriate
Driver488 devices, then the
INSTALL program must be used to create one. The newly created device is
temporary, and is forgotten when Driver488 is closed. KEEP DEVICE may be used to make the device
permanent.
MAKE DOS NAME
SYNTAX MAKE DOS NAME dosname = devicename
dosname is the name of the newly created Driver488 DOS device that is
configured to communicate with the Driver488 device devicename
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES None
SEE ALSO KEEP DOS NAME, REMOVE DOS NAME, MAKE DEVICE
EXAMPLES PRINT#1, “MAKE DOS NAME METER = DMM”
OPEN “METER” FOR OUTPUT AS #3
The MAKE DOS NAME command creates a new, temporary Driver488 DOS device that is configured to
communicate with an already existing Driver488 device. The newly created DOS device is temporary,
and is forgotten when Driver488 is closed.
KEEP DOS NAME may be used to make the device
permanent.
OUTPUT (Controller Mode)
SYNTAX OUTPUT [addr][#count][term][term][EOI];data
addr is a device address (primary with optional secondary) or external device
name.
count is the number of characters to output.
Term and EOI override the normal IEEE 488 bus output terminator
data is a string of characters to output, terminated by the EOL output terminator
(unless count is specified in which case no terminator is needed).
RESPONSE None
MODE CA
BUS STATES REN (if SC and AUTO REMOTE), *ATN, data (without addr)
REN (if SC and AUTO REMOTE), ATN
yyMTA, UNL, LAG, *ATN, data
(with addr)
SEE ALSO ENTER, TERM, TIME OUT, EOL, BUFFERED
EXAMPLES See next page.