Measurement Computing WaveBook rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 172)

A-10 Accessories, Specifications, & Abbreviations, 6-25-99 WaveBook User’s Manual
Abbreviations
yyyy
(bullet symbol) “and” (e.g.
*SC
yyyyCA)
ESC
Error Source Register REN Remote Enable line
*
(asterisk symbol) “unasserted”
(e.g. *SC)
ESC
Escape (ASCII) RI Ring Indicator line
*CA Not Controller Active mode ESE Event Status Enable Register RMS Root Mean Square
*SC Not System Controller mode ESR Event Status Register ROM Read-Only Memory
A/D Analog-to-Digital ETB End of Transmission Block (ASCII) RQS Request for Service bit
ACG Addressed Command Group ETX End of Text (ASCII) RS Record Separator (ASCII)
ACK Acknowledgment (ASCII) FCC
Federal Communications
Commission RS- Revised Standard (e.g. RS-232,
RS-422)
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter FF Form Feed (ASCII) rsv Request for Service bit
API Application Program Interface FS File Separator (ASCII) RTD Resistance Temperature Device
ASCII
American Standard Code for
Info. Interchange
GET
Group Execute Trigger bus
command RTS Request To Send line
ATN Attention line GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus SC System Controller mode
BEL Bell (ASCII) GS Group Separator (ASCII) SCG Secondary Command Group
BS Backspace (ASCII) GTL
Go To Local bus command SCPI Standard Commands for
Programmable Instruments
CA Controller Active mode GUI
Graphical User Interface SCSI Small Computer System
Interface bus
CAN Cancel (ASCII) H/W
Hardware SDC Selected Device Clear bus
command
CCL Character Command Language HT Horizontal Tab (ASCII) SI Shift In (ASCII)
CJC Cold Junction Compensation IDDC
Invalid Device Dependent
Command SO Shift Out (ASCII)
CMD Bus Command interpretation IDDCO
Invalid Device Dependent
Command Option SOH Start of Header (ASCII)
CR Carriage Return (ASCII) IEEE
Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineers SPD Serial Poll Disable bus
command
CSR Calibration Status Register IFC
Interface Clear line SPE Serial Poll Enable bus
command
CTS Clear To Send line IOCTL
Input/Output Control SRE Service Request Enable
Register
DAV Data Valid line ISA Industry Standard Architecture bus SRQ Service Request line
DC1 Device Control 1 (ASCII) ISR Interrupt Service Routine STB Status Byte Register
DC2 Device Control 2 (ASCII) ist Bus Device Individual Status STX Start of Text (ASCII)
DC3 Device Control 3 (ASCII) LAG
Listen Address Group bus
command SUB Substitute (ASCII)
DC4 Device Control 4 (ASCII) LED Light-Emitting Diode SYN Synchronous Idle (ASCII)
DCD Data Carrier Detect line LF Line Feed (ASCII) T/C Thermocouple
DCL Device Clear bus command LLO
Local Lock Out bus command TAG Talk Address Group bus
command
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange LSB Least Significant Bit TCT Take Control bus command
DEL Delete (ASCII) MAV Message Available bit TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
DIO Data Transfer (I/O) line MLA My Listen Address UCG Universal Command Group
DLE Data Link Escape (ASCII) MSB Most Significant Bit UNL Un-listen bus command
DLL Dynamic Link Library MSS Master Summary Status bit UNT Un-talk bus command
DMA Direct Memory Access MTA My Talk Address US Unit Separator (ASCII)
DMM Digital Multimeter N/U Not Used VDM Virtual DOS Machine
DSR Data Set Ready line NAK Negative Acknowledgment (ASCII) VT Vertical Tab (ASCII)
DTR Data Terminal Ready line NDAC Not Data Accepted line
EEPROM
Electronically Erasable
Programmable ROM
NRFD
Not Ready For Data line
EM End of Medium (ASCII) NUL Null (ASCII)
ENQ Inquiry (ASCII) NV-RAM Non-Volatile RAM
EOI End-Or-Identify line PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
bus
EOL End-Of-Line terminator PPC
Parallel Poll Configure bus
command
EOT End of Transmission (ASCII) PPD Parallel Poll Disable bus command
EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM PPU
Parallel Poll Un-configure bus
command
ESB Event Status Register bit RAM Random-Access Memory