National Instruments NI-488.2 Benutzerhandbuch

In the Interactive Control utility, all NI-488.2 calls (except 

ibfind

 and 

ibdev

) return the status word 

ibsta

 in two forms: a hex value in square 

brackets and a list of mnemonics in parentheses. In the following example, 
the status word is on the second line, showing that the write operation 
completed successfully: 

ud0: ibwrt "*IDN?"

[0100] (cmpl)

count: 5

ud0:

For more information about 

ibsta

, refer to Chapter 3, 

If an NI-488.2 call completes with an error, the Interactive Control utility 
displays the relevant error mnemonic. In the following example, an error 
condition EBUS has occurred during a data transfer:

ud0: ibwrt "*IDN?"

[8100] (err cmpl)

error: EBUS

count: 1

ud0:

+

Turn ON display.

n * function

Execute function 

n

 times where 

function

 represents the correct Interactive 

Control function syntax.

n * !

Execute previous function 

n

 times.

$ filename

Execute indirect file where 

filename

 is the pathname of a file that contains 

Interactive Control functions to be executed.

buffer option

Set type of display used for buffers. Valid options are 

full

, 

brief

, 

ascii

, 

and 

off

. Default is 

full

.

q

Exit or quit.

Table 6-4.  Auxiliary Functions in Interactive Control (Continued)