National Instruments GPIB-PC User Manual

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Section Four A

BASICA/QuickBASIC GPIB-PC Function Calls

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GPIB-PC User Manual

3.

IBCMD

sends the following commands:

Untalk (UNT) and Unlisten (UNL); and

Serial Poll Disable (SPD).

The interpretation of the response in

SPR%

, other than the

RQS bit, is device-specific. For example, the polled
device might set a particular bit in the response byte to
indicate
that it has data to transfer, and another bit to indicate a
need for reprogramming. Consult the device documentation
for interpretation of the response byte.

Refer to

IBCMD

and

IBRD

for additional information.

Device Example:

1.

Obtain the Serial Poll response (SPR) byte from the device

TAPE%

.

100 CALL IBRSP (TAPE%,SPR%)
110 REM The application program would then
120 REM analyze the response in SPR%.

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