Agilent Technologies E1300B User Manual

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Related Commands: VXI:WRITE, VXI:REG:READ?

Example

Read from one of a device’s configuration registers

VXI:READ? 8,0

read ID register on device at
Logical Address 8

enter statement

enter value from device register

:REGister:READ?

VXI:REG:READ? < register> returns the contents of the specified 16 bit
register at the selected logical address as an integer (see VXI:SELect). The
register is specified as the byte address of the desired register or optionally as
the register name.

Parameters

Parameter

Name

Parameter

Type

Range of

Values

Default

Units

register

numeric

even numbers from 0 to 62 or

register name (see below)

none

Comments

The register parameter can be all even numbers from 0 to 62 inclusive (as
a < numeric_value> ) or the following (optional) words:

A24Low: A24 Pointer Low register (18)
A24High: A24 Pointer High register (16)
A32Low: A32 Pointer Low register (22)
A32High: A32 Pointer High register (20)
ATTRibute: Attribute register (8)
DHIGh: Data High register (12)
DLOW: Data Low register (14)
DTYPe: Device Type register (2)
ICONtrol: Interrupt control register (28)
ID: ID register (0)
ISTatus: Interrupt Status register (26)
MODid: MODID register (8)
OFFSet: Offset register (6)
PROTocol: Protocol register (8)
RESPonse: Response register (10)
SNHigh: Serial Number High register (10)
SNLow: Serial Number Low register (12)
STATus: Status register (4)
SUBClass: Subclass register (30)
VNUMber: Version Number register (14)

Related Commands: VXI:SEL, VXI:REG:WRIT

Example

Read from a register on the currently selected device

VXI:READ? CONT

Read from the control register
of the currently seected device

VXI :REGister:READ?

System Instrument Command Reference 7-61

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