Examples

Use this example index to jump to code examples in the documentation.

Getting Started

Communicating with a Serial Port Instrument
Communicating with a GPIB-VXI Instrument
Communicating with a GPIB Instrument

The Instrument Control Session

Writing Text Data Versus Writing Binary Data
Reading Text Data Versus Reading Binary Data

Controlling GPIB Instruments

Using Events and Callbacks to Read Binary Data
Understanding EOI and EOS
Parsing Input Data Using scanstr
Reading Binary Data
Writing and Reading Text Data
Executing a Serial Poll
Executing a Trigger

Controlling Instruments Using the VISA Standard

Understanding Your Instrument's Register Characteristics
Using High-Level Memory Functions
Using Low-Level Memory Functions

Controlling Serial Port Instruments

Connecting Two Modems
Using Events and Callbacks
Writing and Reading Text Data

Controlling Instruments Using TCP/IP and UDP

Communicating Between Two Hosts
Writing and Reading Data with a UDP Object
Writing and Reading Data with a TCP/IP Object

Saving and Loading the Session

Recording Information to Disk