© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI-488.2 User Manual
Index

Symbols

! (repeat previous function) function, Interactive
Control utility, 7-10
$ filename (execute indirect file) function,
Interactive Control utility, 7-10
+ (turn ON display) function, Interactive Control
utility, 7-10
– (turn OFF display) function, Interactive
Control utility, 7-10

A

accessing NI-488.2 driver, 4-2
Active Controller, A-1
adding new GPIB interface
in GPIB Explorer, 3-4
in Measurement & Automation
Explorer, 2-4
address syntax in Interactive Control utility, 7-5
AllSpoll function
serial polling multiple devices with a single
call, 8-17
application debugging
global status variables, 5-1
NI Spy utility, 5-1
NI-488.2 error codes, 5-1
application development
communicating with instruments
multiple interfaces or multiple
devices, 4-9
single GPIB device, 4-7
using Interactive Control utility, 4-1
using NI-488.2 Communicator, 2-6
general program steps and examples
multiple-interface or multiple-device
applications, 4-9
single-device applications, 4-8
items to include
multiple-interface or multiple-device
applications, 4-9
single-device applications, 4-7
talker/listener applications, 8-12
asynchronous event notification in NI-488.2
applications
calling ibnotify function, 8-4
ibnotify programming example, 8-6
ATN (attention) line (table), A-3
ATN status word condition, 4-5, B-1, B-4
automatic serial polling
enabling, 8-13
stuck SRQ state, 8-14
autopolling and interrupts, 8-14
auxiliary functions, Interactive Control
utility, 7-10

B

Borland C/C++ programming instructions, 4-12
buffer option function, Interactive Control
utility, 7-10
bus extenders and expanders, 1-3
bus management and device-level calls, 8-11

C

CIC status word condition, 4-5, B-1, B-4
CMPL status word condition, 4-5, B-1, B-3
communicating with instruments
advanced communication, 2-8
multiple devices, 4-4
multiple interfaces, 4-4
single GPIB device, 4-3
using Interactive Control utility, 4-7