Omega Vehicle Security 1400 User Manual

ChartScan User’s Manual,

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Appendix D

ChartScan Program Examples

Reference Note: You may find Appendix A useful while reading through these examples. Appendix A
contains descriptions and examples of the Application Program Interface (API) Commands.

Contents

Overview ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-1
Reading HLL Status using HLL16.BAS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-2
Reading HLL Data from T/C and Volts Cards using HLL32.BAS------------------------------------------------D-2
Acquiring Pre-& Post-Trigger Data at Data at Different Rates using SLOW_ACQ.BAS-------------------D-3
Acquiring Pre-& Post-Trigger Data at the Same Rate using FAST_ACQ.BAS ------------------------------D-5
Operating Alarms using ALARM2.BAS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-6
Using the IEEE 488 SRQ with Alarms using ALAR2SRQ.BAS --------------------------------------------------D-8
Collecting Data in Binary Format using BIN_ACQ.BAS------------------------------------------------------------D-9
Collecting Binary-Formatted High/Low/Last Data using BIN_HLL.BAS ---------------------------------------D-11
Using Auto-Rearm to Capture Multiple Trigger Blocks using BLK_ACQ.BAS -------------------------------D-13
Configure for 12 Channels with Continuous Binary Upload using CONTIN_D.BAS ------------------------D-14
Configure for High-Speed, Single-Channel Burst Mode using BURST.BAS ---------------------------------D-17

Overview

This chapter walks through the example programs that are supplied on the release disk in the EXAMPLES
subdirectory of the CHARTVIEW directory. This directory has additional examples for serial users.
Although written in QuickBASIC, the program logic and the ChartScan device-dependent commands apply
to all languages and computers.
The first group of examples uses the IEEE 488 bus through the Personal488 interface to communicate with
the ChartScan. Each one of these programs begins with a short preamble that opens the driver and
substantiates communications.
After the driver is opened, commands are issued to the driver through character strings in quotes.
QuickBASIC’s

PRINT

and

INPUT

commands are used to communicate with the driver. The driver

commands used most commonly are

ENTER

OUTPUT

, and

SPOLL

•

ENTER

gets data from the selected device. The syntax of the

ENTER

command is “ENTERaddr”,

where addr is the IEEE 488 address of the instrument. To bring the data into a language variable, the
QuickBASIC

INPUT

function must be used right after the

ENTER

command.

•

OUTPUT

sends data to the selected device, The syntax of the

OUTPUT

command is “

OUTPUTaddr;out

data

”, where addr is the IEEE 488 address of the instrument, and out data the string of characters to

send to the device.

•

SPOLL

is an abbreviation for a Serial Poll that retrieves an 8-bit status response from the selected

instrument. The syntax of the

SPOLL

command is “

SPOLLaddr

”, where addr is the IEEE 488 address

of the instrument. Right after the

SPOLL

command, the QuickBASIC

INPUT

function must be used to

bring the data into a language variable.

Note:

The ChartScan is at IEEE 488 address 07 for all IEEE 488 examples.