Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 For DOS & Windows 3.Xi - Manual (Page 325)

15A. Driver488/DRV Commands III. COMMAND REFERENCES - 15. Command References
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STOP
SYNTAX STOP[name]
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES ATN (Controller)
None (Peripheral)
SEE ALSO ENTER, OUTPUT, BUFFERED, STATUS
EXAMPLE PRINT#1,"STOP"
The STOP command halts any CONTINUE transfer that may be in progress. If the transfer has
completed already, then STOP has no effect. The actual number of characters transferred is available
from the BUFFERED command.
SYS CONTROLLER
SYNTAX SYS CONTROLLER [OFF|ON]
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES IFC if System Controller
SEE ALSO ABORT, RESET
EXAMPLES PRINT#1”SYS CONTROLLER OFF”
The SYS CONTROLLER command specifies whether or not the IEEE 488 interface card is to be the
System Controller. The System Controller has ultimate control of the IEEE 488, and there may be only
one System Controller on a bus.
If Driver488 is a Peripheral (that is, not System Controller), it may still take control of bus transactions
if the Active Controller passes control to Driver488. Driver488 may then control the bus and, when it
is done, pass control back to the System Controller or other computer, which then becomes the Active
Controller.
TERM
SYNTAX TERM[;] [devicename] [IN|OUT]term[term][EOI]
devicename refers to an external device name.
IN or OUT specifies whether the input or output terminators are being set. If
neither IN nor OUT is specified, then both terminators are set identically.
term is one of CR , LF , $char , or ‘X , specifying a terminator character.
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES None
SEE ALSO EOL, ENTER, OUTPUT, STATUS
EXAMPLES PRINT#1,"TERM CR LF EOI" Set both input and output bus terminators to
carriage return line feed, with EOI sent
on output and detected on input.
PRINT#1,"TERM OUT LF EOI" Set output term to LF with EOI.
PRINT#1,"TERM IN ‘Z" Set bus input term to the letter “Z”.
PRINT#1,"TERM OUT $0 EOI" Set output term to NULL with EOI.
The TERM command sets the end-of-line ( EOL ) terminators for input from, and output to, the I/O
adapter devices. All output to I/O adapter devices, except OUTPUT #count and
OUTPUT #count BUFFER , is terminated by the bus output terminator. All ENTER input from I/O
adapter devices, except ENTER #count and ENTER #count BUFFER , must be terminated by the bus
input terminator.