IBIC Section FiveGPIB-PC User Manual 5-8 ©National Instruments Corp.Other IBIC Functions and SyntaxTable 5.1 summarizes the GPIB-PC functions and syntax when calledfrom IBIC. Syntax rules for IBIC are explained in the table notes.Consult Section Four for detailed function descriptions and for syntaxrules of the programming language you will use.Table 5.1 - Syntax of GPIB Functions in IBICDescription Function Function NoteSyntax TypeChange access board of device ibbnabname d 1Become active controller ibcac [v] b 2,3Clear specified device ibclr dSend commands from string ibcmdstring b 4Send commands asynch from string ibcmdastring b 4Enable/disable DMA ibdma [v] b 2,3Change/disable EOS message ibeos v db 2,3Enable/disable END message ibeot [v] db 2,3Return unit desciptor ibfindbdname db 5Go from active controller to standby ibgts [v] b 2,3Set/clear ist ibist [v] b 2,3Go to local iblo dbPlace device online or offline ibonl [v] db 2,3Change primary address ibpad v db 3Pass control ibpct dParallel poll configure ibppc v db 3Read data ibrd v db 6Read data asynchronously ibrda v db 6Read data to file ibrdfflname db 7Conduct a parallel poll ibrpp dbConfigure applications monitor ibtrap db 1Request/release system control ibrsc [v] b 2,3Return serial poll byte ibrsp d(continues)
