1 Installing and Configuring the 82350

Table 1-182350 GPIB interface card configuration parameters

VISA

Symbolic name that VISA uses to uniquely identify this GPIB

Interface ID

interface. The default VISA interface ID is GPIB0. The 82350

 

interface ID for VISA must begin with the string GPIB and

 

have an integer appended to it, such as GPIB0, GPIB1,

 

GPIB2, etc. Remember this value to properly address GPIB

 

devices in your VISA applications.

 

 

GPIB

Address of this GPIB interface controller on the GPIB bus. It

Address

is usually 21 if the GPIB interface is a System Controller or

 

20 if the GPIB interface is a non-System Controller (see

 

System Controller, following). These addresses are chosen

 

by convention but any address in the range 0 - 30, inclusive,

 

may be used.

 

 

System

Determines if this interface controls which bus devices talk

Controller

and which bus devices listen. If several devices exist on a

 

bus, be sure each has a unique GPIB bus address and only

 

one device is the System Controller. Each GPIB interface has

 

its own independent bus. Thus, each interface may be a

 

System Controller as long as it is not chained together with

 

other GPIB interfaces. However, two or more System

 

Controllers on the same bus will cause the bus to be

 

inoperative.

 

 

SICL

Symbolic name that SICL uses to uniquely identify this GPIB

Interface ID

interface. The default Interface ID is gpib0. The SICL

 

interface ID must be a unique string of alphanumeric

 

characters, starting with a letter. Remember this value and

 

the logical unit number to properly address GPIB devices in

 

your SICL applications.

 

 

Logical Unit

Number that SICL uses to uniquely identify this 82350

 

interface. The logical unit number is an integer in the range

 

of 0 - 10000. Remember this value and the SICL interface ID

 

to properly address the GPIB interface in your SICL

 

applications.

 

 

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