Re: GPIB devices

[Mark Rivers <RIVERS@cars3.uchicago.edu>]

Dear Robert,

> I have a few questions about how EPICS handles GPIB devices.  My goal is
> to understand how to send GPIB commands to devices.  I am running EPICS
> version R3.12-LBL.1, vxWorks version 5.3, and my GPIB controller board is
> a National Instruments National GPIB 1014-DP.

You might be interested to know about the "Generic GPIB record" which I wrote.
This record has fields for all of the GPIB communication parameters (address,
output and input fields, etc.) so you can configure communication at run-time
(e.g. from a client) rather than having to configure everything at build time.
 It is very useful for establishing initial communication, testing your
 device, etc.

Cheers,
Mark Rivers