Measurement Computing DAC488 v.1 - Manual (Page 112)

106 Abbreviations DAC488 User’s Manual
Abbreviations
!!!! (bullet symbol) “and” (e.g. *SC
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CA ) FCC Federal Communications Commission
* (asterisk symbol) “unasserted” (e.g. *SC ) FF Form Feed (ASCII Code)
*CA Not Controller Active mode FS File Separator (ASCII Code)
*SC Not System Controller mode GET Group Execute Trigger bus command
A/D Analog-to-Digital GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus
ACG Addressed Command Group GS Group Separator (ASCII Code)
ACK Acknowledgement (ASCII Code) GTL Go To Local bus command
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter GUI Graphical User Interface
API Application Program Interface H/W Hardware
ASCII American Standard Code for Info. Interchange HT Horizontal Tab (ASCII Code)
ATN Attention line IDDC Invalid Device Dependent Command
BEL Bell (ASCII Code) IDDCO Invalid Device Dependent Command Option
BS Backspace (ASCII Code) IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
CA Controller Active mode IFC Interface Clear line
CAN Cancel (ASCII Code) IOCTL Input/Output Control
CCL Character Command Language ISA Industry Standard Architecture bus
CJC Cold Junction Compensation ISR Interrupt Service Routine
CMD Bus Command interpretation ist Bus Device Individual Status
CR Carriage Return (ASCII Code) LAG Listen Address Group bus command
CSR Calibration Status Register LED Light-Emitting Diode
CTS Clear To Send line LF Line Feed (ASCII Code)
DAV Data Valid line LLO Local Lock Out bus command
DC1 Device Control 1 (ASCII Code) LSB Least Significant Bit
DC2 Device Control 2 (ASCII Code) MAV Message Available bit
DC3 Device Control 3 (ASCII Code) MLA My Listen Address
DC4 Device Control 4 (ASCII Code) MSB Most Significant Bit
DCD Data Carrier Detect line MSS Master Summary Status bit
DCL Device Clear bus command MTA My Talk Address
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange N/U Not Used
DEL Delete (ASCII Code) NAK Negative Acknowledgement (ASCII Code)
DIO Data Transfer (I/O) line NDAC Not Data Accepted line
DLE Data Link Escape (ASCII Code) NRFD Not Ready For Data line
DLL Dynamic Link Library NUL Null (ASCII Code)
DMA Direct Memory Access NV-RAM Non-Volatile RAM
DMM Digital Multimeter PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect bus
DSR Data Set Ready line PPC Parallel Poll Configure bus command
DTR Data Terminal Ready line PPD Parallel Poll Disable bus command
EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable ROM PPU Parallel Poll Unconfig bus command
EM End of Medium (ASCII Code) RAM Random-Access Memory
ENQ Inquiry (ASCII Code) REN Remote Enable line
EOI End-Or-Identify line RI Ring Indicator line
EOL End-Of-Line terminator RMS Root Mean Square
EOT End of Transmission (ASCII Code) ROM Read-Only Memory
EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM RQS Request for Service bit
ESB Event Status Register bit RS Record Separator (ASCII Code)
ESC Error Source Register RS- Revised Standard (e.g. RS-232, RS-422)
ESC Escape (ASCII Code) rsv Request for Service bit
ESE Event Status Enable Register RTD Resistance Temperature Device
ESR Event Status Register RTS Request To Send line
ETB End of Transmission Block (ASCII Code) SC System Controller mode
ETX End of Text (ASCII Code) SCG Secondary Command Group