Instrument Control Toolbox

Demos

The toolbox includes a large collection of demos, which are divided into two main groups: command line tutorials and graphical applications. You can access all demos through the Help browser's Demos pane. Use the following command to open the Help browser to the toolbox demos.

• demo toolbox 'Instrument Control'
  

For your convenience, the command line tutorials are collected together using a graphical user interface (GUI). To open this GUI directly from the command line, type

• instrschool
  

The instrschool GUI is shown below.

Note    instrschool uses prerecorded data. Therefore, you do not need an instrument connected to your computer to use these demos.

All demos have associated M-files, which are listed below. To run a particular demo, type the M-file name at the command line.

Common Demos

The common demos illustrate features that are common to all supported instrument objects. These demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
democ_callback	How to use callback properties and functions
democ_intro	How to get started with the toolbox
democ_record	How to record data and event information to disk fil
democ_save	How to save or load an instrument control session
instrcomm	Graphical tool for communicating with an instrument using text data
instrcreate	Graphical tool for creating an instrument object

GPIB Demos

The GPIB demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
demog_ascii	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
demog_async	How to read and write data asynchronously
demog_binary	How to read and write binary (numerical) data

Serial Port Demos

The serial port demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
demos_ascii	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
demos_async	How to read and write data asynchronously
demos_binary	How to read and write binary (numerical) data

TCP/IP Demos

The TCP/IP demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
demot_ascii	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
demot_async	How to read and write data asynchronously
demot_binary	How to read and write binary (numerical) data

UDP Demos

The UDP demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
demou_ascii	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
demou_async	How to read and write data asynchronously
demou_binary	How to read and write binary (numerical) data

VISA Demos

The VISA demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
demov_ascii	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
demov_async	How to read and write data asynchronously
demov_binary	How to read and write binary (numerical) data
demov_intro	Describes the VISA standard and the supported communication interfaces
demov_register	How to use register-based functionality to communicate with VXI instruments

Documentation Examples

Examining Your Hardware Resources