3.1 Common Functions ¶
3.1.2 flushoutput ¶
- : flushoutput
(dev) ¶
Flush the instruments output buffers
dev - connected device or array of devices
Outputs ¶
None
See also: flushinput.
3.1.3 readbinblock ¶
- :
data = readbinblock (dev) ¶
- :
data = readbinblock (dev, datatype) ¶
read a binblock of data from a instrument device
dev - connected device
datatype - optional data type to read data as (default ’uint8’)
Outputs ¶
data - data read
See also: flushoutput.
3.1.4 readline ¶
- :
data = readline (dev) ¶
read data from a instrument device excluding terminator value
dev - connected device
Outputs ¶
data - ASCII data read
See also: flushoutput.
3.1.5 writebinblock ¶
- : writebinblock
(dev, data, datatype) ¶
Write a IEEE 488.2 binblock of data to a instrument device
binblock formatted data is defined as:
#<A><B><C>
where:
<A> ASCII number containing the length of part <B>
<B> ASCII number containing the number of bytes of <C>
<C> Binary data block
dev - connected device
data - binary data to send
datatype - datatype to send data as
Outputs ¶
None
See also: flushoutput.
3.1.6 writeline ¶
- : writeline
(dev, data) ¶
Write data to a instrument device including terminator value
dev - connected device
data - ASCII data to write
Outputs ¶
None
See also: flushoutput.
3.1.7 writeread ¶
- :
data = writeread (dev, command) ¶
write a ASCII command and read data from a instrument device.
dev - connected device
command - ASCII command
Outputs ¶
data - ASCII data read
See also: readline, writeline.