It has commands to
int -allows commands to by typed in the keyboard rather than thru the BSD socket. The data cannot be inspected in this mode.
debug -more debugging printout about what is going on.
port= sets the port to the specified value int Hex (e.g. 0x1341). The default value is 0x1340.
The first CIO-CTR5 (counter A) is setup as follows:
counter command reads the accumulated
counts from the 7 counters.
The syntax is the following:
counter [nsamples=100] [rate=]
The number of samples specifies the number of triads, i.e. nsamples=100 will return 300 numbers. All numbers will be returned as 16 bit in highendian order as required by the protocol.
The rate option sets the sampling frequency in Hertz. All seven channels are sampled simultaneously at this frequency. There is no default value of the rate and it will remain the same as the last time set. (This behavior violates the protocol and may be changed in the future.)
The command replies with a string similar to:
done counter nsamples=100 rate=100 channels=7 integer nbytes=1400 bzero=0 dead=100
The dead keyword specifies the counter dead time in microseconds. The maximimum sample rate is 500,000/dead_time Hz.
dac command controls the outputs of the
six digital to analog converters.
The syntax is the following:
dac [dac0=] [dac1=] [dac2=] [dac3=] [dac4=] [dac5=]
Where the values set the outputs of DAC0 - DAC5 respectively. The number should range between 0-4095. The output voltage ranges between -5 and +5 Volts D.C.
dig command reads the 4 digital input
lines associated with each of the two conters.
The command takes no arguments and returns a string
similar to
done dig diga=ff digb=ff
Last Revised January 5, 2001