Document Outline

• Micro488/EX User's Manual
• Warranty Information
• Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips
• Table of Contents
• 1-Introduction
  • 1.1 Description
  • 1.2 Available Accessories
  • 1.3 Specifications
  • 1.4 Abbreviations
• 2-Getting Started
  • 2.1 Inspection
  • 2.2 Configuration
  • 2.3 Serial Port Settings
    • 2.3.1 Serial Baud Rate Selection
    • 2.3.2 Serial Word Length Selection-Data Bits
    • 2.3.3 Serial Stop Bit Selection
    • 2.3.4 Serial Parity Selection
    • 2.3.5 Serial Echo Selection
    • 2.3.6 Serial Handshake Selection
  • 2.4 Terminator Selection
    • 2.4.1 Serial Terminator Selection
    • 2.4.2 IEEE Bus Terminator Selection
  • 2.5 Mode Selection
  • 2.6 IEEE Address Selection
  • 2.7 Feature Selections
    • 2.7.1 Controller Pass-Thru Features
    • 2.7.2 Peripheral Pass-Thru Features
  • 2.8 Serial Interface
    • 2.8.1 RS-232/RS-422 Signal Level Selection
    • 2.8.2 Serial Signal Descriptions
    • 2.8.3 Serial Cable Wiring Diagrams
  • 2.9 General Operation
  • 2.10 Is Anyone Out There?
• 3-IEEE Operating Modes
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Operating Mode Transitions
  • 3.3 System Controller Mode
  • 3.4 System Controller, Not Active Controller Mode
  • 3.5 Not System Controller Mode
  • 3.6 Active Controller, Not System Controller Mode
  • 3.7 Controller Pass-Thru Mode
  • 3.8 Peripheral Pass-Thru Mode
• 4-General Programming
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Memory Usage
    • 4.2.1 Serial I/O Buffers
    • 4.2.2 Log Buffer
    • 4.2.3 Macro Buffers
    • 4.2.4 Changing Operational Modes
  • 4.3 Clock and Timer Functions
    • 4.3.1 Time
    • 4.3.2 Date
    • 4.3.3 Day of Week
    • 4.3.4 Combinations
  • 4.4 MACRO Programming
    • 4.4.1 Creating a MACRO
    • 4.4.2 Executing a MACRO
    • 4.4.3 Debugging a MACRO
    • 4.4.4 Logging MACRO Data
    • 4.4.5 Event Driven MACRO Execution
    • 4.4.6 Defining a STARTUP MACRO
    • 4.4.7 Deleting a MACRO
    • 4.4.8 Saving the LOG Buffer to Disk
    • 4.4.9 Saving the MACRO Buffers to Disk
    • 4.4.10 Restoring the MACRO Buffers From Disk
  • 4.5 Restoring Lost Memory
• 5-Command Descriptions
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Command Description Format
    • 5.2.1 Syntax
    • 5.2.2 Response
    • 5.2.3 Mode
    • 5.2.4 Bus States
  • 5.3 The Commands
• 6-Controller Pass-Thru Operation
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Serial and IEEE Terminator Substitution
  • 6.3 IEEE Address Selection
  • 6.4 Talk Back On Terminator
  • 6.5 Plotter Applications
  • 6.6 Printer Applications
• 7-Peripheral Pass-Thru Operation
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Serial and IEEE Input Buffers
  • 7.3 IEEE Data Transfers
    • 7.3.1 Blind Bus Data Transfers
    • 7.3.2 Controlled Bus Data Transfers
  • 7.4 Serial Poll Status Byte Register
  • 7.5 Use of Serial and Bus Terminators
  • 7.6 IEEE 488 Bus Implementation
    • 7.6.1 My Talk Address
    • 7.6.2 My Listen Address
    • 7.6.3 Device Clear
    • 7.6.4 Interface Clear
    • 7.6.5 Serial Poll Enable
    • 7.6.6 Serial Poll Disable
    • 7.6.7 Unlisten
    • 7.6.8 Untalk
  • 7.7 IEEE Address Selection
    • 7.7.1 Listen Only Mode
  • 7.8 IEEE to Serial Applications
• 8-IEEE 488 Primer
  • 8.1 History
  • 8.2 General Structure
  • 8.3 Send It To My Address
  • 8.4 Bus Management Lines
    • 8.4.1 Attention
    • 8.4.2 Interface Clear
    • 8.4.3 Remote Enable
    • 8.4.4 End or Identify
    • 8.4.5 Service Request
  • 8.5 Handshake Lines
    • 8.5.1 Data Valid
    • 8.5.2 Not Ready for Data
    • 8.5.3 Not Data Accepted
  • 8.6 Data Lines
  • 8.7 Multiline Commands
    • 8.7.1 Go To Local
    • 8.7.2 Listen Address Group
    • 8.7.3 Unlisten
    • 8.7.4 Talk Address Group
    • 8.7.5 Untalk
    • 8.7.6 Local Lockout
    • 8.7.7 Device Clear
    • 8.7.8 Selected Device Clear
    • 8.7.9 Serial Poll Disable
    • 8.7.10 Serial Poll Enable
    • 8.7.11 Group Execute Trigger
    • 8.7.12 Take Control
    • 8.7.13 Secondary Command Group
    • 8.7.14 Parallel Poll Configure
    • 8.7.15 Parallel Poll Unconfigure
  • 8.8 More on Service Requests
    • 8.8.1 Serial Poll
    • 8.8.2 Parallel Poll
• 9-Service Information
  • 9.1 Factory Service
  • 9.2 Theory of Operation
  • 9.3 Micro488/EX Mother Board Component Layout
  • 9.4 Micro488/EX Serial I/O Board Component Layout
  • 9.5 Replaceable Parts List
• Appendix A-Micro488/EX Command Summary
• Appendix B-Micro488/EX Error Messages
• Appendix C-Character Codes And IEEE Multiline Messages
• Appendix D-Sample Terminal Programs