Instrument Control Toolbox

The GPIB Object Display

The GPIB object provides you with a convenient display that summarizes important address and state information. You can invoke the display summary these ways:

• Type the GPIB object at the command line.
• Exclude the semicolon when creating a GPIB object.
• Exclude the semicolon when configuring properties using the dot notation.

You can also display summary information via the Workspace browser by right-clicking an instrument object and selecting Explore -> Display Summary from the context menu.

The display summary for the GPIB object g is given below.

• GPIB Object Using NI Adaptor : GPIB0-1
  
  Communication Address 
     BoardIndex:         0
     PrimaryAddress:     1
     SecondaryAddress:   0
  
  Communication State 
     Status:             closed
     RecordStatus:       off
  
  Read/Write State  
     TransferStatus:     idle
     BytesAvailable:     0
     ValuesReceived:     0
     ValuesSent:         0
  

Creating a GPIB Object

Configuring the GPIB Address