Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 For DOS & Windows 3.Xi - Manual (Page 327)

15A. Driver488/DRV Commands III. COMMAND REFERENCES - 15. Command References
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The TRIGGER command issues a Group Execute Trigger ( GET ) bus command to the specified devices.
If no addresses are specified, then the GET only affects those devices that are already in the Listen state
as a result of a previous OUTPUT or SEND command.
WAIT
SYNTAX WAIT
RESPONSE None
MODE Any
BUS STATES Determined by previous ENTER or OUTPUT command
SEE ALSO ENTER, OUTPUT, BUFFERED, STATUS
EXAMPLE PRINT#1,"WAIT" Wait for CONTINUE transfer to be done.
The WAIT command causes Driver488 to wait until any CONTINUE transfer has completed, before
returning to the user’s program. It can be used to guarantee that the data has actually been received
before beginning to process it, or that it has been sent before overwriting the buffer. It is especially
useful with
ENTER when a terminator has been specified. In that case, the amount that is actually
received is unknown, and so the user’s program must check with Driver488 to determine when the
transfer is done. Time out checking, if enabled, is performed while
WAIT ing.