The Linux GPIB Package is a support package for GPIB (IEEE 488) hardware. The package contains kernel driver modules, and a C user-space library with Guile, Perl, PHP, Python and TCL bindings. The API of the C library is intended to be compatible with …

ibvers -- Obtain the current linux gpib version. ibwait -- wait for event (board or device) ibwrt -- write data bytes (board or device) ibwrta -- write data bytes asynchronously (board or device) ibwrtf -- write data bytes from file (board or device)

A template gpib.conf file can be found in the util/templates/ subdirectory of the linux-gpib package. The default config file may be overriden by setting the IB_CONFIG environment variable to a custom file path.

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Linux-gpib support requires a minimum firmware version of 1.10 for the F82357 and version 1.20 for the S82357. These devices have on-board firmware and do not require a firmware upload before becoming functional afer plug-in.

Linux-GPIB 4.3.6 Documentation <<< Previous: Next >>> GPIB protocol. GPIB command bytes. The meaning and values of the possible GPIB command bytes are as follows: Table 13. GPIB command bytes. byte value (hexadecimal) name description; 0x1: GTL: Go to local: 0x4: SDC: Selected device clear: 0x5:

Description. gpib_config must be run after the kernel driver module for a GPIB interface board is loaded. It performs configuration of driver settings that cannot be performed by libgpib at runtime.

Linux-GPIB 4.3.6 Documentation <<< Previous: Next >>> ibconfig. Name ibconfig -- change configuration (board or device) Synopsis. #include <gpib/ib.h> int ibconfig(int ud, int option, int setting); Description Changes various configuration settings associated with the board or …

Linux-GPIB 4.3.6 Documentation <<< Previous: Next >>> Configuration. Table of Contents gpib.conf -- GPIB library configuration file gpib_config -- GPIB administration program. Configuration of the GPIB library is accomplished through the configuration file gpib.conf, and the administration program gpib_config.

Description ibdev() is used to obtain a device descriptor, which can then be used by other functions in the library. The argument board_index specifies which GPIB interface board the device is connected to. The pad and sad arguments specify the GPIB address of the device to be opened (see ibpad() and ibsad()).The timeout for io operations is specified by timeout (see …