Send Function

Owning Palette: GPIB 488.2 Functions

Requires: Base Development System

Sends data bytes to a single GPIB device.

This function is similar to the SendList function, except that the Send function sends data to a single GPIB device.

Refer to GPIB Function Defaults for more information about the timeout and address defaults.

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	bus The function addresses the interface indicated by bus as a Talker. bus refers to the GPIB bus number. If you have only one GPIB interface in your computer, the default bus number is 0. Refer to the software installation instructions included with your GPIB controller for additional GPIB interfaces.
	address addresses the device indicated by address as a Listener. If you do not wire address, the function sends data string with no addressing, thereby sending it to all previously addressed Listeners. To send data string to several devices, use the SendList function. If a secondary address is required, use the MakeAddr function to format the primary and secondary addresses properly.
	mode describes how to signal the end of the data to the Listener. This input accepts the following values. 0 Do nothing to mark the end of the transfer (default). 1 Send NL (linefeed) with EOI after the data bytes. 2 Send EOI with the last data byte in the string.
	data string contains the data bytes that the function sends to the GPIB device.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
	status is a Boolean array in which each bit describes a state of the GPIB Controller. If an error occurs, the function sets bit 15. GPIB error is valid only if bit 15 of status is set. The following table shows the numeric value and symbolic status of each bit in status. This table also includes a description of each bit. Status Bit Numeric Value Symbolic Status Description 0 1 DCAS Device Clear state 1 2 DTAS Device Trigger State 2 4 LACS Listener Active 3 8 TACS Talker Active 4 16 ATN Attention Asserted 5 32 CIC Controller-In-Charge 6 64 REM Remote State 7 128 LOK Lockout State 8 256 CMPL Operation Completed 12 4096 SRQI SRQ Detected while CIC 13 8192 END EOI or EOS Detected 14 16384 TIMO Timeout 15 -32768 ERR Error Detected
	byte count refers to the number of bytes that pass over the GPIB.
	error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.