Instrument Control Toolbox

Configuring and Returning Properties

You establish the desired instrument object behavior by configuring property values. You can configure property values using the set function or the dot notation, or by specifying property name/property value pairs during object creation. You can return property values using the get function or the dot notation.

Instrument objects possess two types of properties: base properties and object-specific properties. Base properties are supported for all instrument objects (serial port, GPIB, VISA-VXI, and so on). For example, the Timeout property is supported for all instrument objects. Object-specific properties are supported only for instrument objects of a given type. For example, the BaudRate property is supported only for serial port and VISA-serial objects.

Connecting to the Instrument

Returning Property Names and Property Values