Instrument Control Toolbox

Interface Information

To display information about a specific interface, you must supply the interface name as an argument to instrhwinfo. The interface name can be gpib, serial, tcpip, udp, or visa. For the serial port interface, the returned information includes the available serial ports. For the GPIB and VISA interfaces, the returned information includes the installed adaptors. For the TCP/IP and UDP interfaces, the information includes the local host address.

For example, to display the GPIB interface information:

• out = instrhwinfo('gpib')
  out =
  
      InstalledAdaptors: {'mcc' 'ni'}
         JarFileVersion: 'Version 1.2 (R13)'
  

The InstalledAdaptors field indicates that the Measurement Computing Corporation and National Instruments drivers are installed. This means that it is possible to communicate with instruments using GPIB controllers from these vendors.

General Toolbox Information

Adaptor Information