[time-nuts] OT: Test for NI IEEE-488 interface

[Ulrich Bangert]

John,

you are saying that the first device detected by the dll is always named
"GPIB0"? That would make life easy.

73s and my best regards
Ulrich

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> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] Im Auftrag von John Miles
> Gesendet: Samstag, 6. Oktober 2007 20:27
> An: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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> Hi, Ulrich --
> 
> I only support the GPIB0 device name in my package, so it's 
> easy enough in my case to do an ibfind("GPIB0").  If that 
> returns >= 0 (and the ERR flag is not set in the returned 
> value), then I do an ibonl(GPIB0,0) to close the handle, and 
> assume that a valid National Instruments interface is present.
> 
> If you wanted to support other device names, you'd need to 
> repeat that procedure for all of them, I imagine.
> 
> -- john, KE5FX
> 
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> > Behalf Of Ulrich 
> Bangert
> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:23 AM
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> > Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Test for NI IEEE-488 interface
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> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > I know this is a bit OT but otherwise I also know that some 
> of you are 
> > well acquainted to IEEE-488 data acqusition:
> >
> 
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