Instrument Control Toolbox Getting Started Preface What Is the Instrument Control Toolbox? Exploring the Toolbox Related Products System Requirements Associated Products Using This Guide Expected Background Learning the Instrument Control Toolbox How This Guide Is Organized Installation Information Toolbox Installation Hardware and Driver Installation Typographical Conventions Getting Started Toolbox Components M-File Functions The Interface Driver Adaptor Communicating with Your Instrument Communicating with a GPIB Instrument Communicating with a GPIB-VXI Instrument Communicating with a Serial Port Instrument Understanding the Toolbox Capabilities The Contents M-File Documentation Examples Demos Examining Your Hardware Resources General Toolbox Information Interface Information Adaptor Information Instrument Object Information Getting Help The instrhelp Function The propinfo Function Using the Instrument Control Toolbox The Instrument Control Session Creating an Instrument Object Configuring Properties During Object Creation Creating an Array of Instrument Objects Connecting to the Instrument Configuring and Returning Properties Returning Property Names and Property Values Configuring Property Values Specifying Property Names Default Property Values Writing and Reading Data Writing Data Reading Data Disconnecting and Cleaning Up Disconnecting an Instrument Object Cleaning Up the MATLAB Environment Controlling GPIB Instruments GPIB Overview What Is GPIB? Important GPIB Features GPIB Lines Status and Event Reporting Using Vendor Tools to Identify and Test Your Resources Creating a GPIB Object The GPIB Object Display Configuring the GPIB Address Writing and Reading Data Rules for Completing Write and Read Operations Example: Writing and Reading Text Data Example: Reading Binary Data Example: Parsing Input Data Using strread Example: Understanding EOI and EOS Using Events and Actions Example: Introduction to Events and Actions Event Types and Action Properties Storing Event Information Creating and Executing Action Functions Enabling Action Functions After They Error Example: Using Events and Actions to Read Binary Data Triggers Example: Executing a Trigger Serial Polls Example: Executing a Serial Poll Controlling Instruments Using the VISA Standard VISA Overview Using Vendor Tools to Identify and Test Your Resources The GPIB Interface Creating a VISA-GPIB Object The VISA-GPIB Address The VXI Interface Creating a VISA-VXI Object The VISA-VXI Address Register-Based Communication The GPIB-VXI Interface Creating a VISA-GPIB-VXI Object The VISA-GPIB-VXI Address The Serial Port Interface Creating a VISA-Serial Object Configuring Communication Settings Controlling Serial Port Instruments Serial Port Overview What Is Serial Communication? The Serial Port Interface Standard Connecting Two Devices with a Serial Cable Serial Port Signals and Pin Assignments Serial Data Format Finding Serial Port Information for Your Platform Creating a Serial Port Object The Serial Port Object Display Configuring Communication Settings Writing and Reading Data Asynchronous Write and Read Operations Rules for Completing Write and Read Operations Example: Writing and Reading Text Data Using Events and Actions Event Types and Action Properties Storing Event Information Example: Using Events and Actions Using Control Pins Signaling the Presence of Connected Devices Controlling the Flow of Data: Handshaking Saving and Loading the Session Saving and Loading Instrument Objects Saving Instrument Objects to an M-File Saving Objects to a MAT-File Debugging: Recording Information to Disk Example: Introduction to Recording Information Creating Multiple Record Files Specifying a Filename The Record File Format Example: Recording Information to Disk Index of Examples Reference Function Reference Functions Grouped by Category Base Functions Object-Specific Functions Alphabetical List of Functions clear clrdevice delete disp fclose fgetl fgets flushinput flushoutput fopen fprintf fread fscanf fwrite get gpib instraction instrcomm instrcreate instrfind instrhelp instrhwinfo instrreset instrschool isvalid length load memmap mempeek mempoke memread memunmap memwrite obj2mfile propinfo query readasync record save serial serialbreak set size spoll stopasync trigger visa Property Reference Properties Grouped by Category Base Properties Object-Specific Properties Alphabetical List of Properties BaudRate BoardIndex BreakInterruptAction BusManagementStatus ByteOrder BytesAvailable BytesAvailableAction BytesAvailableActionCount BytesAvailableActionMode BytesToOutput ChassisIndex CompareBits DataBits DataTerminalReady EOIMode EOSCharCode EOSMode ErrorAction FlowControl HandshakeStatus InputBufferSize InterruptAction LogicalAddress MappedMemoryBase MappedMemorySize MemoryBase MemorySize MemorySpace Name OutputBufferSize OutputEmptyAction Parity PinStatus PinStatusAction Port PrimaryAddress ReadAsyncMode RecordDetail RecordMode RecordName RecordStatus RequestToSend RsrcName SecondaryAddress Slot Status StopBits Tag Terminator Timeout TimerAction TimerPeriod TransferStatus TriggerAction TriggerLine TriggerType Type UserData ValuesReceived ValuesSent Selected Bibliography Printable Documentation (PDF) Product Page (Web)