[time-nuts] A Prologix GPIB-USB hint

Didier Juges didier at cox.net
Sat Jun 9 11:01:59 EDT 2007


Poul,

This has been fixed in the most recent release. Abdul added a ++read command
that gets a single reading and then turns TALK off the instrument.

I have not actually tried it, but I have received it from Abdul a week or 2
ago.

The firmware isd easy to upgrade.

Give him a call.

Didier 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 9:32 AM
To: time-nuts at febo.com
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Subject: [time-nuts] A Prologix GPIB-USB hint


I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to figure this bit out, so to
save somebody else the time:

Some GPIB instruments will complain if addressed to talk when they have not
been asked about anything.  The HP6626A Power Supply is my present instance.

The Prologix GPIB-USB has the "++auto" command which controls if it should
automatically go into listen after a talk, the description on the manual
page is:

	Enable (1) or disable (0) "listen-after-talk" feature

Based on that description, one would, or at least I would, expect the
behaviour to be that nothing happens until the next write, so that this
would work:

	++auto 0
				idle bus
	write something
				device= listen
				send data
				idle bus
	++auto 1
				idle bus
	write something
				device= listen
				send data
				device= talk
	read something


But that is not the case.  "++auto 1" puts the device in talk mode
immediately, so the sequence needs to be:


	++auto 0
				idle bus
	write something
				device= listen
				send data
				idle bus
	write something
				device= listen
				send data
				idle bus
	++auto 1
				device= talk
	read something

You've been warned :-)

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