OperatingBasics
38 AD007User Manual
GPIB Communications
The GPIB communications page allows you to monitor and test
communications to various devices on the GPIB.
GPIB Devices
General Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 488) provides a means for
several devices to communicate data through a parallel comm unica-
tions bus. Each device on the bus has a device address.
Toidentify what devices are present on the bus,click Poll.
Talk/Listen
A GPIBbus may c ontain only one controller device; all other
devicesare talkers, listeners, or talker/listeners.AD007 serves as a
controllerdevice any time an active GPIB control session is open.
Tosend a comm and string to the specific address of a device on the
bus, do these steps:
1. Click Poll to identify what devices are on the GPIB.
2. Select the specific address of the device from the pull-down
menu of polled addresses.
3. Enter the command in the box provided.
4. ClickSend.
NetworkConnections
A network client control application can leave control sessions alive
on the AD007 adapter. The adapter cannot automatically c lear
inactiveconnections. To clear all active and inactive network control
sessions,select VXI-11Reset.