SystemsAlliance

VPP4.3.3:VISA
ImplementationSpecification
fortheGLanguage
June9,2010
Revision5.0

SystemsAlliance
VPP4.3.3RevisionHistory
ThissectionisanoverviewoftherevisionhistoryoftheVPP4.3.3specification.

Revision1.0,December29,1995
OriginalVISAdocument.ChangesfromVISATransitionLibraryincludebindingsforlocking,asynchronous
I/O,32bitregisteraccess,blockmoves,sharedmemoryoperations,andserialinterfacesupport.

Revision1.1,January22,1997
Addednewattributes,errorcodes,events,andformattedI/Obuffers.

Revision2.0,January9,1998
Addederrorhandlingevent,moreformattedI/Ooperations,moreserialattributesandextendedsearching
capabilities.

Revision2.0.1,December4,1998
AddednewmodestogivemorerobustfunctionalitytoviGpibControlREN.Updatedinformationregarding
contactingtheAlliance.

Revision2.2,November19,1999
AddednewresourceclassesforGPIB(INTFCandSERVANT),VXI(BACKPLANEandSERVANT),and
TCPIP(INSTR,SOCKET,andSERVANT).

Revision3.0Draft,January14,2003
AddednewresourceclassforUSB(INSTR).

Revision3.0,January15,2004
ApprovedatIVIBoardofDirectorsmeeting.

Revision4.0Draft,October4,2005
AddednewresourceclassforPXI(INSTR)toincorporatePXISAextensions.Added64bitextensionsfor
registerbasedoperations.AddedsupportforWin64.

Revision4.1,February14,2008

UpdatedtheintroductiontoreflecttheIVIFoundationorganizationchanges.ReplacedNoticewithtextused
byIVIFoundationspecifications.

Revision4.1,April14,2008
EditorialchangetoupdatetheIVIFoundationcontactinformationintheImportantInformationsectionto
removeobsoleteaddressinformationandreferonlytotheIVIFoundationwebsite.

Revision5.0,June9,2010
AddedseveralnewTCPIPINSTRattributesregardingHiSLIPdevices.

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TableofContents
Section1
IntroductiontotheVXIplug&playSystemsAllianceandtheIVIFoundation......................11
Section2
OverviewofVISAImplementationSpecification..............................................................................21
2.1ObjectivesofThisSpecification........................................................................................................21
2.2AudienceforThisSpecification........................................................................................................21
2.3ScopeandOrganizationofThisSpecification..................................................................................22
2.4ApplicationofThisSpecification......................................................................................................22
2.5References..........................................................................................................................................22
2.6DefinitionofTermsandAcronyms...................................................................................................23
2.7Conventions........................................................................................................................................24

Section3
VISAFrameworkBindings.........................................................................................................................31
3.1TypeAssignments..............................................................................................................................31
3.2OperationPrototypes..........................................................................................................................34
3.2.1CommonControlsandIndicators.....................................................................................34
3.2.2ScopeofFunctionality......................................................................................................35
3.2.3viFindRsrc(VISAFindResource)...................................................................................36
3.2.4viOpen(VISAOpen)........................................................................................................36
3.2.5viClose(VISAClose).......................................................................................................36
3.2.6viStatusDesc(VISAStatusDescription)..........................................................................37
3.2.7viLock(VISALockAsync)..............................................................................................37
3.2.8viUnlock(VISAUnlock)..................................................................................................37
3.2.9viEnableEvent(VISAEnableEvent)...............................................................................38
3.2.10viDisableEvent(VISADisableEvent)...........................................................................38
3.2.11viDiscardEvents(VISADiscardEvents).......................................................................38
3.2.12viWaitOnEvent(VISAWaitonEvent)..........................................................................39
3.2.13viRead(VISARead).......................................................................................................39
3.2.14viWrite(VISAWrite).....................................................................................................39
3.2.15viAssertTrigger(VISAAssertTrigger)..........................................................................310
3.2.16viReadSTB(VISAReadSTB).......................................................................................310
3.2.17viClear(VISAClear)......................................................................................................310
3.2.18viSetBuf(VISetI/OBufferSize)..................................................................................311
3.2.19viFlush(VISAFlushI/OBuffer)....................................................................................311
3.2.20viIn8/viIn16/viIn32/viIn64(VISAIn8/VISAIn16/VISAIn32/VISAIn64).............312
3.2.21viOut8/viOut16/viOut32/viOut64(VISAOut8/VISAOut16/VISAOut32/
VISAOut64)..............................................................................................................................313
3.2.22viMoveIn8/viMoveIn16/viMoveIn32/viMoveIn64(VISAMoveIn8/
VISAMoveIn16/VISAMoveIn32/VISAMoveIn64)............................................................314
3.2.23viMoveOut8/viMoveOut16/viMoveOut32/viMoveOut64(VISAMoveOut8/
VISAMoveOut16/VISAMoveOut32/VISAMoveOut64)....................................................315
3.2.24viMove(VISAMove).....................................................................................................316
3.2.25viMapAddress(VISAMapAddress).............................................................................317
3.2.26viUnmapAddress(VISAUnmapAddress)....................................................................317

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3.2.27viPeek8/viPeek16/viPeek32/viPeek64(VISAPeek8/VISAPeek16/VISAPeek32/
VISAPeek64)............................................................................................................................318
3.2.28viPoke8/viPoke16/viPoke32/viPoke64(VISAPoke8/VISAPoke16/VISAPoke32/
VISAPoke64)............................................................................................................................318
3.2.29viMemAlloc(VISAMemoryAllocation)......................................................................319
3.2.30viMemAllocEx(VISAMemoryAllocationEx)............................................................319
3.2.31viMemFree(VISAMemoryFree)..................................................................................319
3.2.32viReadToFile(VISAReadToFile)...............................................................................320
3.2.33viWriteFromFile(VISAWriteFromFile).....................................................................320
3.2.34viGpibControlREN(VISAGPIBControlREN)...........................................................320
3.2.35viGpibControlATN(VISAGPIBControlATN)...........................................................321
3.2.36viGpibSendIFC(VISAGPIBSendIFC).......................................................................321
3.2.37viGpibCommand(VISAGPIBCommand)....................................................................321
3.2.38viGpibPassControl(VISAGPIBPassControl).............................................................322
3.2.39viVxiCommandQuery(VISAVXICmdorQuery).......................................................322
3.2.40viAssertUtilSignal(VISAAssertUtilitySignal)...........................................................323
3.2.41viAssertIntrSignal(VISAAssertInterruptSignal)........................................................323
3.2.42viMapTrigger(VISAMapTrigger)...............................................................................324
3.2.43viUnmapTrigger(VISAUnmapTrigger)......................................................................324
3.2.44viUsbControlOut(VISAUSBControlOut)...................................................................325
3.2.45viUsbControlIn(VISAUSBControlIn)........................................................................325
3.3CompletionandErrorCodes..............................................................................................................326
3.4AttributeOperations...........................................................................................................................329
3.4.1Attributes............................................................................................................................330
3.5EventTypeValues.............................................................................................................................334
3.6ValuesandRanges.............................................................................................................................335

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PropertyNode.................................................................................................................................329

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3.3.1
3.4.1
3.5.1
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TypeAssignments..........................................................................................................................31
CompletionandErrorCodes..........................................................................................................326
Attributes........................................................................................................................................330
EventTypeValues.........................................................................................................................334
ValuesandRanges.........................................................................................................................335

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Section1IntroductiontotheVXIplug&playSystems
AllianceandtheIVIFoundation
TheVXIplug&playSystemsAlliancewasfoundedbymemberswhosharedacommoncommitmenttoenduser
successwithopen,multivendorVXIsystems.Theallianceaccomplishedmajorimprovementsineaseofuseby
endorsingandimplementingcommonstandardsandpracticesinbothhardwareandsoftware,beyondthescopeof
theVXIbusspecifications.Theallianceusedbothformalanddefactostandardstodefinecompletesystem
frameworks.Thesestandardframeworksgaveendusers"plug&play"interoperabilityatboththehardwareand
systemsoftwarelevel.
TheIVIFoundationisanorganizationwhosemembersshareacommoncommitmenttotestsystemdeveloper
successthroughopen,powerful,instrumentcontroltechnology.TheIVIFoundationsprimarypurposeisto
developandpromotespecificationsforprogrammingtestinstrumentsthatsimplifyinterchangeability,provide
betterperformance,andreducethecostofprogramdevelopmentandmaintenance.
In2002,theVXIplug&playSystemsAlliancevotedtobecomepartoftheIVIFoundation.In2003,the
VXIplug&playSystemsAllianceformallymergedintotheIVIFoundation.TheIVIFoundationhasassumed
controloftheVXIplug&playspecifications,andallongoingworkwillbeaccomplishedaspartoftheIVI
Foundation.
AllreferencestoVXIplug&playSystemsAlliancewithinthisdocument,exceptcontactinformation,were
maintainedtopreservethecontextoftheoriginaldocument.

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Section2 OverviewofVISAImplementationSpecification
ThissectionintroducestheVISAImplementationSpecificationfortheGLanguage.Thisspecificationisa
documentauthoredbytheVXIplug&playSystemsAlliance.Thetechnicalworkembodiedinthisdocumentand
thewritingofthisdocumentwasperformedbytheVISATechnicalWorkingGroup.
ThissectionprovidesacompleteoverviewoftheVISAimplementationspecification,andgivesreadersgeneral
informationthatmayberequiredtounderstandhowtoread,interpret,andimplementindividualaspectsofthis
specification.Thissectionisorganizedasfollows:

Objectivesofthespecification

Scopeandorganizationofthisspecification

Applicationofthisspecification

References

Definitionsoftermsandacronyms

Conventions

Communication

2.1ObjectivesofThisSpecification
VISAgivesVXIandGPIBsoftwaredevelopers,particularlyinstrumentdriverdevelopers,thefunctionalityneeded
byinstrumentdriversinaninterfaceindependentfashionforMXI,embeddedVXI,GPIBVXI,GPIB,and
asynchronousserialcontrollers.VXIplug&playdriverswrittentotheVISAspecificationscanexecuteon
VXIplug&playsystemframeworksthathavetheVISAI/Olibrary.
TheVISAspecificationprovidesacommonstandardfortheVXIplug&playSystemAlliancefordevelopingmulti
vendorsoftwareprograms,includinginstrumentdrivers.ThisspecificationdescribestheVISAsoftwaremodeland
theVISAApplicationProgrammingInterface(API).
TheVISAImplementationSpecificationfortheGLanguageaddressesparticularissuesrelatedtoimplementing
sourceandbinarylevelcompatibilitywithinGLanguageframeworksystems.Implementationissuesfortextual
languagesaredescribedinVPP4.3.2:VISAImplementationSpecificationforTextualLanguages.

2.2AudienceforThisSpecification
Therearethreeaudiencesforthisspecification.Thefirstaudienceisinstrumentdriverdeveloperswhetheran
instrumentvendor,systemintegrator,orenduserwhowanttoimplementinstrumentdriversoftwarethatis
compliantwiththeVXIplug&playstandards.ThesecondaudienceisI/Ovendorswhowanttoimplement
VISAcompliantI/Osoftware.Thethirdaudienceisinstrumentationendusersandapplicationprogrammerswho
wanttoimplementapplicationsthatutilizeinstrumentdriverscompliantwiththisspecification.

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2.3ScopeandOrganizationofThisSpecification
Thisspecificationisorganizedinsections,witheachsectiondiscussingaparticularaspectoftheVISAmodel.
Section1explainstheVXIplug&playSystemsAllianceanditsrelationtotheIVIFoundation.
Section2providesanoverviewofthisspecification,includingtheobjectives,scopeandorganization,application,
references,definitionoftermsandacronyms,andconventions.
Section3providesthedetailsoftheVISAbindingstoGLanguageframeworksystems.

2.4ApplicationofThisSpecification
ThisspecificationisintendedforusebydevelopersofVXIplug&playinstrumentdriversandbydevelopersof
VISAI/Osoftware.ItisalsousefulasareferenceforendusersofVXIplug&playinstrumentdrivers.This
specificationisintendedtobeusedinconjunctionwiththeVPP3.xspecifications,includingtheInstrument
DriversArchitectureandDesignSpecification(VPP3.1),theInstrumentDriverFunctionalBodySpecification
(VPP3.2),theInstrumentInteractiveDeveloperInterfaceSpecification(VPP3.3),andtheInstrumentDriver
ProgrammaticDeveloperInterfaceSpecification(VPP3.4).Theserelatedspecificationsdescribethe
implementationdetailsforspecificinstrumentdriversthatareusedwithspecificsystemframeworks.
VXIplug&playinstrumentdriversdevelopedinaccordancewiththesespecificationscanbeusedinawidevariety
ofhigherlevelsoftwareenvironments,asdescribedintheSystemFrameworksSpecification(VPP2).

2.5References
Thefollowingdocumentscontaininformationthatyoumayfindhelpfulasyoureadthisdocument:

ANSI/IEEEStandard488.11987,IEEEStandardDigitalInterfaceforProgrammableInstrumentation

ANSI/IEEEStandard488.21992,IEEEStandardCodes,Formats,Protocols,andCommonCommands

ANSI/IEEEStandard10141987,IEEEStandardforaVersatileBackplaneBus:VMEbus

ANSI/IEEEStandard11742000,StandardSerialInterfaceforProgrammableInstrumentation

VPP1,VXIplug&playCharterDocument
VPP2,SystemFrameworksSpecification

VPP3.1,InstrumentDriversArchitectureandDesignSpecification

VPP3.2,InstrumentDriverFunctionalBodySpecification

VPP3.3,InstrumentDriverInteractiveDeveloperInterfaceSpecification

VPP3.4,InstrumentDriverProgrammaticDeveloperInterfaceSpecification

VPP4.3,TheVISALibrary

VPP4.3.2,VISAImplementationSpecificationforTextualLanguages

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VPP6,InstallationandPackagingSpecification

VPP7,SoftFrontPanelSpecification

VPP9,InstrumentVendorAbbreviations

VXI1,VXIbusSystemSpecification,Revision1.4,VXIbusConsortium

2.6DefinitionofTermsandAcronyms
Thefollowingaresomecommonlyusedtermswithinthisdocument.
Address

Astring(orotherlanguageconstruct)thatuniquelylocatesandidentifiesa
resource.VISAdefinesanASCIIbasedgrammarthatassociatesstringswith
particularphysicaldevicesorinterfacesandVISAresources.

ADE

ApplicationDevelopmentEnvironment

API

ApplicationProgrammersInterface.Thedirectinterfacethatanendusersees
whencreatinganapplication.InVISA,theAPIconsistsofthesumofallofthe
operations,attributes,andeventsofeachoftheVISAResourceClasses.

Attribute

Avaluewithinaresourcethatreflectsacharacteristicoftheoperationalstateofa
resource.

CommunicationChannel

ThesameasSession.Acommunicationpathbetweenasoftwareelementanda
resource.EverycommunicationchannelinVISAisunique.

Controller

Adevicethatcancontrolanotherdevice(s)orisintheprocessofperformingan
operationonanotherdevice.

Device

Anentitythatreceivescommandsfromacontroller.Adevicecanbean
instrument,acomputer(actinginanoncontrollerrole),oraperipheral(suchasa
plotterorprinter).InVISA,theconceptofadeviceisgenerallythelogical
associationofseveralVISAresources.

GraphicallanguageusedtodescribeprogramsinLabVIEW.

Instrument

Adevicethatacceptssomeformofstimulustoperformadesignatedtask,test,or
measurementfunction.Twocommonformsofstimuliaremessagepassingand
registerreadsandwrites.Otherformsincludetriggeringorvaryingformsof
asynchronouscontrol.

Interface

Agenerictermthatappliestotheconnectionbetweendevicesandcontrollers.It
includesthecommunicationmediaandthedevice/controllerhardwarenecessary
forcrosscommunication.

InstrumentDriver

Libraryoffunctionsforcontrollingaspecificinstrument

LabVIEW

GraphicalprogrammingADE

LLB

LabVIEWVIlibrary

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Operation

Anactiondefinedbyaresourcethatcanbeperformedonaresource.

Process

Anoperatingsystemcomponentthatsharesasystem'sresources.Amultiprocess
systemisacomputersystemthatallowsmultipleprogramstoexecute
simultaneously,eachinaseparateprocessenvironment.Asingleprocesssystem
isacomputersystemthatallowsonlyasingleprogramtoexecuteatagivenpoint
intime.

ResourceClass

Thedefinitionforhowtocreateaparticularresource.Ingeneral,thisis
synonymouswiththeconnotationofthewordclassinobjectoriented
architectures.ForVISAInstrumentControlResourceClasses,thisreferstothe
definitionforhowtocreatearesourcethatcontrolsaparticularcapabilityofa
device.

Resourceor
ResourceInstance

Ingeneral,thistermissynonymouswiththeconnotationofthewordobjectin
objectorientedarchitectures.ForVISA,resourcemorespecificallyreferstoa
particularimplementation(orinstanceinobjectorientedterms)ofaResource
Class.InVISA,everydefinedsoftwaremoduleisaresource.

Session

ThesameasCommunicationChannel.Acommunicationpathbetweenasoftware
elementandaresource.EverycommunicationchannelinVISAisunique.

SRQ

IEEE488ServiceRequest.ThisisanasynchronousrequestfromaremoteGPIB
devicethatrequiresservice.Aservicerequestisessentiallyaninterruptfroma
remotedevice.ForGPIB,thisamountstoassertingtheSRQlineontheGPIB.For
VXI,thisamountstosendingtheRequestforServiceTrueevent(REQT).

StatusByte

Abyteofinformationreturnedfromaremotedevicethatshowsthecurrentstate
andstatusofthedevice.IfthedevicefollowsIEEE488conventions,bit6ofthe
statusbyteindicatesifthedeviceiscurrentlyrequestingservice.

VirtualInstrument

Anamegiventothegroupingofsoftwaremodules(inthiscase,VISAresources
withanyassociatedorrequiredhardware)togivethefunctionalityofatraditional
standaloneinstrument.WithinVISA,avirtualinstrumentisthelogicalgrouping
ofanyoftheVISAresources.TheVISAInstrumentControlResourcesOrganizer
servesasameanstogroupanynumberofanytypeofVISAInstrumentControl
ResourceswithinaVISAsystem.

VI

LabVIEWprogramorVirtualInstrument

VISA

VirtualInstrumentSoftwareArchitecture.Thisisthegeneralnamegiventothis
documentanditsassociatedarchitecture.Thearchitectureconsistsoftwomain
VISAcomponents:theVISAResourceManagerandtheVISAInstrument
ControlResources.

VISAInstrumentControl
Resources

ThisisthenamegiventothepartofVISAthatdefinesallofthedevicespecific
resourceclasses.VISAInstrumentControlResourcesencompassalldefined
deviceandinterfacecapabilitiesfordirect,lowlevelinstrumentcontrol.

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2.7Conventions
Throughoutthisspecificationyouwillseethefollowingheadingsoncertainparagraphs.Theseheadingsinstill
specialmeaningontheseparagraphs.
RulesmustbefollowedtoensurecompatibilitywiththeSystemFramework.Aruleischaracterizedbytheuseof
thewordsSHALLandSHALLNOTinbolduppercasecharacters.Thesewordsarenotusedinthismannerfor
anyotherpurposeotherthanstatingrules.
Observationsspelloutimplicationsofrulesandbringattentiontothingsthatmightotherwisebeoverlooked.They
alsogivetherationalebehindcertainrules,sothatthereaderunderstandswhytherulemustbefollowed.
ANoteonthetextofthespecification:Anytextwhichappearswithoutheadingshouldbeconsideredas
descriptionofthestandardandhowthearchitecturewasintendedtooperate.Thepurposeofthistextistogivethe
readeradeeperunderstandingoftheintentionsofthespecificationincludingtheunderlyingmodelandspecific
requiredfeatures.Assuch,theimplementorofthisstandardshouldtakegreatcaretoensurethataparticular
implementationdoesnotconflictwiththetextofthestandard.

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Section3VISAFrameworkBindings
3.1TypeAssignments
Table3.1.1givesthetypeassignmentsforLabVIEWforeachtypedefinedinVPP4.3.
Table3.1.1TypeAssignments
VISADataType

LabVIEW

Description

ViUInt64

input

A64bitunsignedinteger.

ViPUInt64

output

Thelocationofa64bitunsignedinteger.

ViInt64

input

A64bitsignedinteger.

ViPInt64

output

Thelocationofa64bitsignedinteger.

ViUInt32

input

A32bitunsignedinteger.

ViPUInt32

output

Thelocationofa32bitunsignedinteger.

ViInt32

input

A32bitsignedinteger.

ViPInt32

output

Thelocationofa32bitsignedinteger.

ViUInt16

input

A16bitunsignedinteger.

ViPUInt16

output

Thelocationofa16bitunsignedinteger.

ViInt16

input

A16bitsignedinteger.

ViPInt16

output

Thelocationofa16bitsignedinteger.

ViUInt8

input

An8bitunsignedinteger.

ViPUInt8

output

Thelocationofan8bitunsignedinteger.

ViInt8

input

An8bitsignedinteger.

ViPInt8

output

Thelocationofan8bitsignedinteger.

ViAddr

input

Atypethatreferencesanotherdatatype,in
caseswheretheotherdatatypemayvary
dependingonaparticularcontext.

ViPAddr

output

ThelocationofaViAddr.

ViChar

input

An8bitintegerrepresentinganASCII
character.

ViPChar

output

ThelocationofaViChar.

ViByte

input

An8bitunsignedintegerrepresentingan
extendedASCIIcharacter.
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Table3.1.1TypeAssignments(Continued)
VISADataType

LabVIEW

Description

ViPByte

output

ThelocationofaViByte.

ViBoolean

input

Atypeforwhichthereareexactlytwo
complementaryvalues:VI_TRUEand
VI_FALSE.

ViPBoolean

output

ThelocationofaViBoolean.

ViReal32

input

A32bitsingleprecisionvalue.

ViPReal32

output

Thelocationofa32bitsingleprecision
value.

ViReal64

input

A64bitdoubleprecisionvalue.

ViPReal64

output

Thelocationofa64bitdoubleprecision
value.

ViBuf

input

Thelocationofablockofdata.

ViPBuf

output

Thelocationtostoreablockofdata.

ViString

input

ThelocationofaNULLterminatedASCII
string.

ViPString

output

ThelocationtostoreaNULLterminated
ASCIIstring.

ViRsrc

input

Atypethatisfurtherrestrictedtoadhereto
theaddressinggrammarforresourcesas
presentedinSection3ofVPP4.3.

ViPRsrc

output

ThelocationofaViRsrc.

ViStatus

input

Errorclustercontaining:
Errorindicator.
VISAdefinedCompletionand
Errorterminationcodes.
NameofVIinwhichtheerror
occurred.

ViPStatus

output

Errorclustercontaining:
Errorindicator.
VISAdefinedCompletionand
Errorterminationcodes.
NameofVIinwhichtheerror
occurred.
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Table3.1.1TypeAssignments(Continued)
VISADataType

LabVIEW

Description

ViVersion

input

Adefinedtypethatcontainsareferenceto
allinformationnecessaryforthearchitect
torepresentthecurrentversionofa
resource.

ViPVersion

output

ThelocationofaViVersion.

ViObject

input

ThemostfundamentalVISAdatatype.It
containsattributesandcanbeclosedwhen
nolongerneeded.

ViPObject

output

ThelocationofaViObject.

ViSession

input

Adefinedtypethatcontainsareferenceto
allinformationnecessaryforthearchitect
tomanageacommunicationchannelwith
aresource.

ViPSession

output

ThelocationofaViSession.

ViAccessMode

input

Adefinedtypethatspecifiesthedifferent
mechanismsthatcontrolaccesstoa
resource.

ViBusAddress

input

Atypethatrepresentsthesystem
dependentphysicaladdress.

ViPBusAddress

output

ThelocationofaViBusAddress.

ViBusSize

input

Atypethatrepresentsthesystem
dependentphysicaladdresssize.

ViAttrState

Note1

input

Avalueuniquetotheindividualtypeofan
attribute.

ViPAttrState

Note1

output

ThelocationofaViAttrState.

ViEventType

input

Adefinedtypethatuniquelyidentifiesthe
typeofanevent.

ViPEventType

output

ThelocationofaViEventType.

ViEvent

input

Adefinedtypethatencapsulatesthe
informationnecessarytoprocessanevent.

ViPEvent

output

ThelocationofaViEvent.

ViKeyId

input

Adefinedtypethatcontainsareferenceto
allinformationnecessaryforthearchitect
tomanagetheassociationofathreador
processandsessionwithalockona
resource.

ViPKeyId

output

ThelocationofaViKeyId.

ViConstString

input

AViStringtypethatisguaranteedto
notbemodifiedbyanydriver.

Note1:ThesizeofthisVISAdatatypeisdependentontheattribute.

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RULE3.1.1
AlltypesinTable3.1.1SHALLbedefinedtothespecifiedbindings.

3.2OperationPrototypes
ThefollowingsectionspecifiestheoperationprototypesforLabVIEW.

3.2.1CommonControlsandIndicators
EachVISAVIhasanErrorInandanErrorOutterminaldefinedonitsconnectorpaneinthelowerleftandlower
rightterminals,respectively.TheerrorclustersareusedtoreportallVISAcompletionanderrorcodes.Insidethe
cluster,aBooleanerrorindicator,anumericerrorcode,andanerrorsourcestringindicatorreportifthereisan
error,identifythespecificerrorcondition,andlistthesource(name)oftheVIinwhichtheerroroccurred.
Unlessotherwisenoted,aVISAfunctionwillnotattempttooperateifanerrorconditionispassedinthroughthe
ErrorIncluster.Inthiscase,thefunctionpassesthecontentsofErrorInclusterouttheErrorOutcluster.Ifnoerror
conditionispassedinthroughtheErrorIncluster,theErrorOutclusterrepresentsthestatusofthatVI.Bywiring
theErrorOutclusterofoneVItotheErrorInclusterofanotherVI,userscanpasserrorinformationthroughout
theirprogramthatwillpropagatetothetoplevelVIintheirapplication.Abenefitoferrorinput/outputisthatdata
dependencyisaddedtoVIsthatarenototherwisedatadependent,thusaddingameansofspecifyingexecution
orderbeyondtraditionalsequencestructures.
WiththeexceptionofviFindRsrc,viOpen,andviClose,allVISAVIshaveaVISArefnumcontrolandthe
dupVISArefnumindicator.viOpenhasonlyaVISArefnumindicatorandviClosehasonlyaVISArefnum
control.TheVISArefnumcontrolandthedupVISArefnumindicatoraredefinedintheconnectorpaneinthe
upperleftandupperrightterminals,respectively.Justliketheerrorinput/outputclusters,theVISArefnumcontrol
andthedupVISArefnumindicatorcanbeusedtospecifydatadependencyofaprogramusingtheVISAresource.
ForVIsthathaveboththeVISArefnumcontrolandthedupVISArefnumindicator,thevalueoftheindicatoris
equaltothevaluepassedintothecontrol.

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3.2.2ScopeofFunctionality

RULE3.2.1
IFaVISAimplementationcomplieswiththeGWINNTframework,THENitSHALLperform
instrumentI/Obyaccessingthevisa32.dllfromtheWINNTframework.

OBSERVATION3.2.1
WhiletheVISAlibraryforeachGbasedframeworkusesthelibraryprovidedbythecorrespondingtext
basedlanguageframework,thefollowingdifferencesinfunctionalityexist:

TheformattedI/Ofunctionsarenotexported.
Receivingeventsbycallbackisnotexported.(Queuingeventsisexported.)
TheoperationsviOpenDefaultRM,viFindNext,viParseRsrc,and
viParseRsrcExarenotexported.
viOpenincludesthefunctionalityofviOpenDefaultRMandviParseRsrc.
viFindRsrccombinesthefunctionalityofviOpenDefaultRM,viFindRsrc,viFindNext,
andviCloseintoasingleoperation.

RULE3.2.2
AllfunctionsandoperationsspecifiedinSection3.2SHALLbeimplementedasspecified.

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3.2.3viFindRsrc(VISAFindResource)

Inputs

Outputs

expression

findlist

errorin

returncount
errorout

3.2.4viOpen(VISAOpen)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAOpentimeout

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

errorout

duplicatesession(F)
accessmode
errorin
Note:

IfduplicatesessionisFalseandasessiontotheresourceisalreadyopen,thenviOpenisnotcalled.

3.2.5viClose(VISAClose)

Inputs
VISAresourcename

Outputs
errorout

errorin
Note:

viClosewillexecuteevenifanerrorconditionispassedinthroughtheerrorincluster.

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3.2.6viStatusDesc(VISAStatusDescription)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

statusdescription
errorout

Note:

viStatusDescwillexecuteevenifanerrorconditionispassedinthroughtheerrorincluster.

3.2.7viLock(VISALockAsync)

Inputs

Outputs

locktype

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

accesskey

timeout

errorout

requestedkey
errorin

3.2.8viUnlock(VISAUnlock)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

errorout

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3.2.9viEnableEvent(VISAEnableEvent)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

eventtype

errorout

mechanism
errorin

3.2.10viDisableEvent(VISADisableEvent)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

eventtype

errorout

mechanism
errorin

3.2.11viDiscardEvents(VISADiscardEvents)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

eventtype

errorout

mechanism
errorin

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3.2.12viWaitOnEvent(VISAWaitonEvent)

Inputs

Outputs

timeout

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

eventtypeout

eventtype

event

eventclass

errorout

errorin

3.2.13viRead(VISARead)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

bytecount

readbuffer

errorin

returncount
errorout

3.2.14viWrite(VISAWrite)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

writebuffer

returncount

errorin

errorout

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3.2.15viAssertTrigger(VISAAssertTrigger)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

protocol

errorout

errorin

3.2.16viReadSTB(VISAReadSTB)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

statusbyte
errorout

3.2.17viClear(VISAClear)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

errorout

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3.2.18viSetBuf(VISASetI/OBufferSize)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mask

errorout

size
errorin

3.2.19viFlush(VISAFlushI/OBuffer)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mask

errorout

errorin

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3.2.20viIn8/viIn16/viIn32/viIn64/
viIn8Ex/viIn16Ex/viIn32Ex/viIn64Ex
(VISAIn8/VISAIn16/VISAIn32/VISAIn64)

viIn16

viIn32

viIn64

Inputs

Outputs

addressspace

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

value
(Usethe16bitindicatorforviIn16,
the32bitindicatorforviIn32,orthe
64bitindicatorforviIn64.)

offset(Usethe64bitcontrolfortheEx
operations.)

errorout

errorin

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3.2.21viOut8/viOut16/viOut32/viOut64/
viOut8Ex/viOut16Ex/viOut32Ex/viOut64Ex
(VISAOut8/VISAOut16/VISAOut32/VISAOut64)

viOut16

viOut32

viOut64

Inputs

Outputs

addressspace

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

errorout

offset(Usethe64bitcontrolfortheEx
operations.)
value
(Usethe16bitcontrolforviOut16,
the32bitcontrolforviOut32,orthe
64bitcontrolforviOut64.)
errorin

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3.2.22viMoveIn8/viMoveIn16/viMoveIn32/viMoveIn64/
viMoveIn8Ex/viMoveIn16Ex/viMoveIn32Ex/viMoveIn64Ex
(VISAMoveIn8/VISAMoveIn16/VISAMoveIn32/VISAMoveIn64)

viMoveIn16

viMoveIn32

viMoveIn64

Inputs

Outputs

addressspace

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

data
(Usethe16bitindicatorfor
viMoveIn16,the32bitindicatorfor
viMoveIn32,orthe64bitindicator
forviMoveIn64.)

offset(Usethe64bitcontrolfortheEx
operations.)

errorout

count
errorin

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3.2.23viMoveOut8/viMoveOut16/viMoveOut32/viMoveOut64/
viMoveOut8Ex/viMoveOut16Ex/viMoveOut32Ex/viMoveOut64Ex
(VISAMoveOut8/VISAMoveOut16/VISAMoveOut32/VISAMoveOut64)

viMoveOut16

viMoveOut32

viMoveOut64

Inputs

Outputs

addressspace

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

errorout

offset(Usethe64bitcontrolfortheEx
operations.)
data
(Usethe16bitcontrolfor
viMoveOut16,the32bitcontrolfor
viMoveOut32,orthe64bitcontrol
forviMoveOut64.)
errorin

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3.2.24viMove/viMoveEx(VISAMove)

Inputs

Outputs

sourcewidth

VISAresourcenameout

sourcespace

errorout

VISAresourcename
sourceoffset
length
destoffset(Usethe64bitcontrolfor
theExoperations.)
errorin
destspace
destwidth

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3.2.25viMapAddress/viMapAddressEx(VISAMapAddress)

Inputs

Outputs

addressspace

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

errorout

mapbase
mapsize
errorin
access

3.2.26viUnmapAddress(VISAUnmapAddress)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

errorout

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3.2.27viPeek8/viPeek16/viPeek32/viPeek64
(VISAPeek8/VISAPeek16/VISAPeek32/VISAPeek64)

viPeek16

viPeek32

viPeek64

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

offset

value
(Usethe16bitindicatorfor
viPeek16,the32bitindicatorfor
viPeek32,orthe64bitindicatorfor
viPeek64.)

errorin

errorout

3.2.28viPoke8/viPoke16/viPoke32/viPoke64
(VISAPoke8/VISAPoke16/VISAPoke32/VISAPoke64)

viPoke16

viPoke32

viPoke64

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcename

offset

errorout

value
(Usethe16bitcontrolforviPoke16,
the32bitcontrolforviPoke32,orthe
64bitcontrolforviPoke64.)
errorin

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3.2.29viMemAlloc(VISAMemoryAllocation)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

size

offset

errorin

errorout

3.2.30viMemAllocEx(VISAMemoryAllocationEx)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

size

offset

errorin

errorout

3.2.31viMemFree/viMemFreeEx(VISAMemoryFree)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

offset(Usethe64bitcontrolfortheEx
operations.)

errorout

errorin

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3.2.32viReadToFile(VISAReadToFile)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

filename

returncount

bytecount

errorout

errorin

3.2.33viWriteFromFile(VISAWriteFromFile)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

filename

returncount

count

errorout

errorin

3.2.34viGpibControlREN(VISAGPIBControlREN)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mode

errorout

errorin

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3.2.35viGpibControlATN(VISAGPIBControlATN)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mode

errorout

errorin

3.2.36viGpibSendIFC(VISAGPIBSendIFC)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

errorin

errorout

3.2.37viGpibCommand(VISAGPIBCommand)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

command

returncount

errorin

errorout

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3.2.38viGpibPassControl(VISAGPIBPassControl)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

primaryaddress

errorout

secondaryaddress
errorin

3.2.39viVxiCommandQuery(VISAVXICmdorQuery)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mode

response

command

errorout

errorin

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3.2.40viAssertUtilSignal(VISAAssertUtilitySignal)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

bussignal

errorout

errorin

3.2.41viAssertIntrSignal(VISAAssertInterruptSignal)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

mode

errorout

statusID
errorin

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3.2.42viMapTrigger(VISAMapTrigger)

Inputs

Outputs

mode

VISAresourcenameout

VISAresourcename

errorout

triggersource
triggerdestination
errorin

3.2.43viUnmapTrigger(VISAUnmapTrigger)

Inputs

Outputs

VISAresourcename

VISAresourcenameout

triggersource

errorout

triggerdestination
errorin

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3.2.44viUsbControlOut(VISAUSBControlOut)

Inputs

Outputs

index

VISAresourcenameout

value

errorout

VISAresourcename
requesttype
request
writebuffer
errorin

3.2.45viUsbControlIn(VISAUSBControlIn)

Inputs

Outputs

index

VISAresourcenameout

value

readbuffer

VISAresourcename

errorout

requesttype
request
length
errorin

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3.3CompletionandErrorCodes
Table3.3.1liststheCompletionandErrorcodesdefinedforallGbasedframeworkbindings.
Table3.3.1.CompletionandErrorCodes
CompletionandErrorCodes

Values

VI_SUCCESS

VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_EN

3FFF0002h

VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_DIS

3FFF0003h

VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_EMPTY

3FFF0004h

VI_SUCCESS_TERM_CHAR

3FFF0005h

VI_SUCCESS_MAX_CNT

3FFF0006h

VI_SUCCESS_DEV_NPRESENT

3FFF007Dh

VI_SUCCESS_TRIG_MAPPED

3FFF007Eh

VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_NEMPTY

3FFF0080h

VI_SUCCESS_NCHAIN

3FFF0098h

VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_SHARED

3FFF0099h

VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_EXCLUSIVE

3FFF009Ah

VI_SUCCESS_SYNC

3FFF009Bh

VI_WARN_QUEUE_OVERFLOW

3FFF000Ch

VI_WARN_CONFIG_NLOADED

3FFF0077h

VI_WARN_NULL_OBJECT

3FFF0082h

VI_WARN_NSUP_ATTR_STATE

3FFF0084h

VI_WARN_UNKNOWN_STATUS

3FFF0085h

VI_WARN_NSUP_BUF

3FFF0088h

VI_WARN_EXT_FUNC_NIMPL

3FFF00A9h

VI_ERROR_SYSTEM_ERROR

BFFF0000h

VI_ERROR_INV_OBJECT

BFFF000Eh

VI_ERROR_INV_SESSION

BFFF000Eh

VI_ERROR_RSRC_LOCKED

BFFF000Fh

VI_ERROR_INV_EXPR

BFFF0010h

VI_ERROR_RSRC_NFOUND

BFFF0011h

VI_ERROR_INV_RSRC_NAME

BFFF0012h

VI_ERROR_INV_ACC_MODE

BFFF0013h

VI_ERROR_TMO

BFFF0015h

VI_ERROR_CLOSING_FAILED

BFFF0016h

VI_ERROR_INV_DEGREE

BFFF001Bh

VI_ERROR_INV_JOB_ID

BFFF001Ch

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CompletionandErrorCodes

Values

VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR_STATE

BFFF001Eh

VI_ERROR_ATTR_READONLY

BFFF001Fh

VI_ERROR_INV_LOCK_TYPE

BFFF0020h

VI_ERROR_INV_ACCESS_KEY

BFFF0021h

VI_ERROR_INV_EVENT

BFFF0026h

VI_ERROR_INV_MECH

BFFF0027h

VI_ERROR_HNDLR_NINSTALLED

BFFF0028h

VI_ERROR_INV_HNDLR_REF

BFFF0029h

VI_ERROR_INV_CONTEXT

BFFF002Ah

VI_ERROR_NENABLED

BFFF002Fh

VI_ERROR_ABORT

BFFF0030h

VI_ERROR_RAW_WR_PROT_VIOL

BFFF0034h

VI_ERROR_RAW_RD_PROT_VIOL

BFFF0035h

VI_ERROR_OUTP_PROT_VIOL

BFFF0036h

VI_ERROR_INP_PROT_VIOL

BFFF0037h

VI_ERROR_BERR

BFFF0038h

VI_ERROR_IN_PROGRESS

BFFF0039h

VI_ERROR_INV_SETUP

BFFF003Ah

VI_ERROR_QUEUE_ERROR

BFFF003Bh

VI_ERROR_ALLOC

BFFF003Ch

VI_ERROR_INV_MASK

BFFF003Dh

VI_ERROR_IO

BFFF003Eh

VI_ERROR_INV_FMT

BFFF003Fh

VI_ERROR_NSUP_FMT

BFFF0041h

VI_ERROR_LINE_IN_USE

BFFF0042h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_MODE

BFFF0046h

VI_ERROR_SRQ_NOCCURRED

BFFF004Ah

VI_ERROR_INV_SPACE

BFFF004Eh

VI_ERROR_INV_OFFSET

BFFF0051h

VI_ERROR_INV_WIDTH

BFFF0052h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_OFFSET

BFFF0054h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_VAR_WIDTH

BFFF0055h

VI_ERROR_WINDOW_NMAPPED

BFFF0057h

VI_ERROR_RESP_PENDING

BFFF0059h

VI_ERROR_NLISTENERS

BFFF005Fh

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CompletionandErrorCodes

Values

VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR

BFFF001Dh

VI_ERROR_NCIC

BFFF0060h

VI_ERROR_NSYS_CNTLR

BFFF0061h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_OPER

BFFF0067h

VI_ERROR_INTR_PENDING

BFFF0068h

VI_ERROR_ASRL_PARITY

BFFF006Ah

VI_ERROR_ASRL_FRAMING

BFFF006Bh

VI_ERROR_ASRL_OVERRUN

BFFF006Ch

VI_ERROR_TRIG_NMAPPED

BFFF006Eh

VI_ERROR_NSUP_ALIGN_OFFSET

BFFF0070h

VI_ERROR_USER_BUF

BFFF0071h

VI_ERROR_RSRC_BUSY

BFFF0072h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_WIDTH

BFFF0076h

VI_ERROR_INV_PARAMETER

BFFF0078h

VI_ERROR_INV_PROT

BFFF0079h

VI_ERROR_INV_SIZE

BFFF007Bh

VI_ERROR_WINDOW_MAPPED

BFFF0080h

VI_ERROR_NIMPL_OPER

BFFF0081h

VI_ERROR_INV_LENGTH

BFFF0083h

VI_ERROR_INV_MODE

BFFF0091h

VI_ERROR_SESN_NLOCKED

BFFF009Ch

VI_ERROR_MEM_NSHARED

BFFF009Dh

VI_ERROR_LIBRARY_NFOUND

BFFF009Eh

VI_ERROR_NSUP_INTR

BFFF009Fh

VI_ERROR_INV_LINE

BFFF00A0h

VI_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS

BFFF00A1h

VI_ERROR_FILE_IO

BFFF00A2h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_LINE

BFFF00A3h

VI_ERROR_NSUP_MECH

BFFF00A4h

VI_ERROR_INTF_NUM_NCONFIG

BFFF00A5h

VI_ERROR_CONN_LOST

BFFF00A6h

OBSERVATION3.3.1
Noticethatallsuccessandwarningcodes(Completioncodes)haveavaluethatisgreaterthanorequalto
0,whileallErrorcodeshaveavaluethatislessthan0.Therefore,anapplicationshoulddetermine
whetheraninvocationofagivenoperationfailsbycheckingtoseewhetherthereturnvalueislessthan0

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(asopposedtonotequalto0).ApplicationsusingtheGlanguagecanalsojustcheckthestatusmemberof
theerrorclusteroutput,whichissetwheneveranerrorhasoccurred.

3.4AttributeOperations
ThePropertyNode,showninFigure3.4.1,isusedtogetand/orsetvaluesforparticularVISAattributes.

Figure3.4.1.PropertyNode

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3.4.1Attributes
Table3.4.1liststheGLanguagebindingandaccessprivilegeforeachVISAattribute.
Table3.4.1.Attributes
AttributeName

GLanguageBinding

AccessPrivilege

VI_ATTR_RSRC_NAME

ResourceName

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_IMPL_VERSION

VersionofImplementation

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_LOCK_STATE

ResourceLockState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MAX_QUEUE_LENGTH

MaximumQueueLength

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_USER_DATA

UserData

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_FDC_CHNL

FastDataChannel:ChannelNumber

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_FDC_MODE

FastDataChannel:ChannelMode

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_FDC_GEN_SIGNAL_EN

FastDataChannel:SignalEnable

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_FDC_USE_PAIR

FastDataChannel:UseChannel
Pairs

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_SEND_END_EN

SendEndEnable

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_TERMCHAR

TerminationCharacter

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE

TimeoutValue

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_IO_PROT

IOProtocol

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_BAUD

BaudRate

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_DATA_BITS

DataBits

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_PARITY

Parity

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_STOP_BITS

StopBits

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_FLOW_CNTRL

FlowControl

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_SUPPRESS_END_EN

SuppressEndEnable

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_TERMCHAR_EN

TerminationCharacterEnable

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_SRC_INCREMENT

SourceIncrementCount

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_DEST_INCREMENT

DestinationIncrementCount

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_CMDR_LA

VXICommanderLogicalAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MAINFRAME_LA

MainframeLogicalAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_WIN_BASE_ADDR

WindowBaseAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_WIN_SIZE

WindowSize

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_AVAIL_NUM

NumberofBytesatSerialPort

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MEM_BASE

VXIMemoryBaseAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_END_IN

EndModeforReads

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_END_OUT

EndModeforWrites

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_INTR_STATUS_ID

InterruptStatusID

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RECV_INTR_LEVEL

ReceivedInterruptLevel

ReadOnly

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VI_ATTR_VXI_LA

ReadOnly
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Table3.4.1Attributes(Continued)
AttributeName

GLanguageBinding

AccessPrivilege

VI_ATTR_WIN_ACCESS

WindowAccess

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MEM_SPACE

VXIMemoryAddressSpace

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MODEL_CODE

ModelCode

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_SLOT

Slot

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_IMMEDIATE_SERV

ImmediateServant

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_INTF_PARENT_NUM

InterfaceNumberofParent

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_SPEC_VERSION

VersionofSpecification

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_INTF_TYPE

InterfaceType

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_PRIMARY_ADDR

PrimaryAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_SECONDARY_ADDR

SecondaryAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_MANF_NAME

ResourceManufacturerName

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_MANF_ID

ResourceManufacturerIdentification

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_INTF_NUM

InterfaceNumber

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TRIG_ID

TriggerIdentifier

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_INTF_INST_NAME

InterfaceDescription

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_READDR_EN

Readdressing

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_GPIB_UNADDR_EN

Unaddressing

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_SRC_ACCESS_PRIV

SourceAccessPrivilege

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_DEST_ACCESS_PRIV

DestinationAccessPrivilege

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_WIN_ACCESS_PRIV

WindowAccessPrivilege

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_SRC_BYTE_ORDER

SourceByteOrder

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_DEST_BYTE_ORDER

DestinationByteOrder

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_WIN_BYTE_ORDER

WindowByteOrder

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_CTS_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineCTSState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_DCD_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineDCDState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_DSR_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineDSR
State

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_DTR_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineDTR
State

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_RI_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineRIState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_RTS_STATE

ModemLineSettings:LineRTSState

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_EVENT_TYPE

EventType

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_SIGP_STATUS_ID

SignalProcessorStatusID

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RECV_TRIG_ID

ReceivedTriggerID

ReadOnly

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VI_ATTR_MANF_ID

ManufacturerIdentification

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MEM_SIZE

VXIMemorySize

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_ASRL_REPLACE_CHAR

ErrorReplacementCharacter

Read/Write
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AttributeName

GLanguageBinding

AccessPrivilege

VI_ATTR_ASRL_XON_CHAR

FlowControlXONCharacter

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_ASRL_XOFF_CHAR

FlowControlXOFFCharacter

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_GPIB_REN_STATE

LineRENState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_DMA_ALLOW_EN

AllowDMATransfers

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_GPIB_ATN_STATE

LineATNState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_ADDR_STATE

AddressedState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_CIC_STATE

CICState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_NDAC_STATE

LineNDACState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_SRQ_STATE

LineSRQState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_SYS_CNTRL_STATE

SystemControllerState

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_GPIB_HS488_CBL_LEN

HS488CableLength

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_VXI_DEV_CLASS

VXIDeviceClass

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MANF_NAME

ManufacturerName

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_MODEL_NAME

ModelName

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_VXI_VME_INTR_STATUS

AssertedVXI/VMEInterruptLines

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_VXI_TRIG_STATUS

AssertedVXITriggerLines

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_VXI_VME_SYSFAIL_STATE

VXI/VMESystemFailureState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_DEV_STATUS_BYTE

DeviceStatusByte

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_FILE_APPEND_EN

FileAppendEnable

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_VXI_TRIG_SUPPORT

SupportedVXITriggerLines

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_ADDR

DotNotationAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_HOSTNAME

ComputerHostname

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_PORT

PortNumber

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_GPIB_RECV_CIC_STATE

ReceivedCICState

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_RSRC_CLASS

ResourceClass

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_DEVICE_NAME

LANDeviceName

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_NODELAY

NoPacketDelay

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_TCPIP_KEEPALIVE

KeepAlivePackets

Read/Write

VI_ATTR_RECV_TCPIP_ADDR

ReceivedTCP/IPAddress

ReadOnly

VI_ATTR_4882_COMPLIANT

Is488.2Compliant
SerialNumber
USBInterfaceNumber
USBProtocol
MaximumInterruptSize
USBReceivedInterruptSize

ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
Read/Write
ReadOnly
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VI_ATTR_USB_SERIAL_NUM
VI_ATTR_USB_INTFC_NUM
VI_ATTR_USB_PROTOCOL
VI_ATTR_USB_MAX_INTR_SIZE
VI_ATTR_USB_RECV_INTR_SIZE

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VI_ATTR_PXI_DEV_NUM
VI_ATTR_PXI_FUNC_NUM
VI_ATTR_PXI_BUS_NUM
VI_ATTR_PXI_CHASSIS
VI_ATTR_PXI_SLOTPATH
VI_ATTR_PXI_SLOT_LBUS_LEFT
VI_ATTR_PXI_SLOT_LBUS_RIGHT
VI_ATTR_PXI_TRIG_BUS
VI_ATTR_PXI_STAR_TRIG_BUS
VI_ATTR_PXI_STAR_TRIG_LINE
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR0
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR1
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR2
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR3
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR4
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_TYPE_BAR5
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR0
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR1
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR2
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR3
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR4
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_BASE_BAR5
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR0
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR1
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR2
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR3
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR4
VI_ATTR_PXI_MEM_SIZE_BAR5
VI_ATTR_STATUS
VI_ATTR_PXI_IS_EXPRESS
VI_ATTR_PXI_SLOT_LWIDTH
VI_ATTR_PXI_MAX_LWIDTH
VI_ATTR_PXI_ACTUAL_LWIDTH
VI_ATTR_PXI_DSTAR_BUS
VI_ATTR_PXI_DSTAR_SET
VI_ATTR_TCPIP_HISLIP_OVERLAP_EN
VI_ATTR_TCPIP_HISLIP_VERSION
VI_ATTR_TCPIP_HISLIP_MAX_MESSAG
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PCIDeviceNumber
PCIFunctionNumber
PCIBusNumber
PXIChassisNumber
SlotPath
SlotLocalBusLeft
SlotLocalBusRight
TriggerBusNumber
StarTriggerBusNumber
StarTriggerLine
PCIResources:BAR0AddressType
PCIResources:BAR1AddressType
PCIResources:BAR2AddressType
PCIResources:BAR3AddressType
PCIResources:BAR4AddressType
PCIResources:BAR5AddressType
PCIResources:BAR0AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR1AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR2AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR3AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR4AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR5AddressBase
PCIResources:BAR0AddressSize
PCIResources:BAR1AddressSize
PCIResources:BAR2AddressSize
PCIResources:BAR3AddressSize
PCIResources:BAR4AddressSize
PCIResources:BAR5AddressSize
Status
ExpressSettings:IsPCIExpress
ExpressSettings:SlotLinkWidth
ExpressSettings:MaximumLink
Width
ExpressSettings:ActualLinkWidth
ExpressSettings:DStarBusNumber
ExpressSettings:DStarSet
OverlappedMessageModeEnabled
HiSLIPProtocolVersionOnServer
MaximumHiSLIPMessageSize

ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
ReadOnly
Read/Write
ReadOnly
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3.5EventTypeValues
Table3.5.1showstheeventtypevaluesusedforallGbasedframeworkbindings.
Table3.5.1.EventTypeValues
AttributeNames

Note:

Values

VI_EVENT_IO_COMPLETION

3FFF2009h

VI_EVENT_TRIG

BFFF200Ah

VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ

3FFF200Bh

VI_EVENT_CLEAR

3FFF200Dh

VI_EVENT_GPIB_CIC

3FFF2012h

VI_EVENT_GPIB_TALK

3FFF2013h

VI_EVENT_GPIB_LISTEN

3FFF2014h

VI_EVENT_VXI_VME_SYSFAIL

3FFF201Dh

VI_EVENT_VXI_VME_SYSRESET

3FFF201Eh

VI_EVENT_VXI_SIGP

3FFF2020h

VI_EVENT_VXI_VME_INTR

BFFF2021h

VI_EVENT_TCPIP_CONNECT

3FFF2036h

VI_EVENT_USB_INTR

3FFF2037h

VI_EVENT_PXI_INTR

3FFF2022h

VI_ALL_ENABLED_EVENTS

3FFF7FFFh

TheVI_EVENT_EXCEPTIONeventisnotsupportedintheGbasedframeworksfortworeasons:
Exceptionsrequirecallbacksupport.
TheGbasedframeworksalreadyprovideanexceptiondataflowmechanismusingerrorclusters.

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Table3.6.1.ValuesandRanges
Name

Value

Name

Value

256

VI_TRIG_TTL5

VI_NULL

VI_TRIG_TTL6

VI_TRUE

VI_TRIG_TTL7

VI_FALSE

VI_TRIG_ECL0

VI_INTF_GPIB

VI_TRIG_ECL1

VI_INTF_VXI

VI_TRIG_PANEL_IN

27

VI_INTF_GPIB_VXI

VI_TRIG_PANEL_OUT

28

VI_INTF_ASRL

VI_TRIG_PROT_DEFAULT

VI_INTF_TCPIP

VI_TRIG_PROT_ON

VI_NORMAL

VI_TRIG_PROT_OFF

VI_FDC

VI_TRIG_PROT_SYNC

VI_HS488

VI_READ_BUF

VI_ASRL488

VI_WRITE_BUF

VI_FDC_NORMAL

VI_READ_BUF_DISCARD

VI_FDC_STREAM

VI_WRITE_BUF_DISCARD

VI_A16_SPACE

VI_ASRL_IN_BUF

16

VI_A24_SPACE

VI_ASRL_OUT_BUF

32

VI_A32_SPACE

VI_ASRL_IN_BUF_DISCARD

64

VI_UNKNOWN_SLOT

VI_ASRL_OUT_BUF_DISCARD

128

VI_UNKNOWN_LA

VI_FLUSH_ON_ACCESS

VI_UNKNOWN_LEVEL

VI_FLUSH_WHEN_FULL

VI_QUEUE

VI_FLUSH_DISABLE

VI_HNDLR

VI_NMAPPED

VI_SUSPEND_HNDLR

VI_USE_OPERS

VI_DEREF_ADDR

3
0

VI_FIND_BUFLEN

VI_ALL_MECH

FFFFh

VI_ANY_HNDLR

VI_TMO_IMMEDIATE

VI_TRIG_SW

VI_TMO_INFINITE

VI_TRIG_TTL0

VI_NO_LOCK

VI_TRIG_TTL1

VI_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK

VI_TRIG_TTL2

VI_SHARED_LOCK

VI_NO_SEC_ADDR

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Name

Value

Name

Value

VI_TRIG_TTL3

VI_ASRL_PAR_NONE

VI_TRIG_TTL4

VI_ASRL_PAR_ODD

VI_ASRL_PAR_EVEN

VI_DATA_PRIV

VI_ASRL_PAR_MARK

VI_DATA_NPRIV

VI_ASRL_PAR_SPACE

VI_PROG_PRIV

VI_ASRL_STOP_ONE

10

VI_PROG_NPRIV

VI_ASRL_STOP_ONE5

15

VI_BLCK_PRIV

VI_ASRL_STOP_TWO

20

VI_BLCK_NPRIV

VI_ASRL_FLOW_NONE

VI_D64_PRIV

VI_ASRL_FLOW_XON_XOFF

VI_D64_NPRIV

VI_ASRL_FLOW_RTS_CTS

VI_LOCAL_SPACE

VI_ASRL_FLOW_DTR_DSR

VI_GPIB_REN_DEASSERT

VI_ASRL_END_NONE

VI_GPIB_REN_ASSERT

VI_ASRL_END_LAST_BIT

VI_GPIB_REN_DEASSERT_GTL

VI_ASRL_END_TERMCHAR

VI_GPIB_REN_ASSERT_ADDRESS

VI_ASRL_END_BREAK

VI_GPIB_REN_ASSERT_LLO

VI_BIG_ENDIAN

VI_GPIB_REN_ASSERT_ADDRESS_LLO

VI_LITTLE_ENDIAN

VI_GPIB_REN_ADDRESS_GTL

VI_WIDTH_8

VI_VXI_CMD16

0200h

VI_WIDTH_16

VI_VXI_CMD16_RESP16

0202h

VI_WIDTH_32

VI_VXI_RESP16

0002h

VI_STATE_ASSERTED

VI_VXI_CMD32

0400h

VI_STATE_UNASSERTED

VI_VXI_CMD32_RESP16

0402h

VI_STATE_UNKNOWN

VI_VXI_CMD32_RESP32

0404h

VI_LOAD_CONFIG

VI_VXI_RESP32

0004h

VI_GPIB_HS488_DISABLED

VI_GPIB_ATN_DEASSERT

VI_GPIB_HS488_NIMPL

VI_GPIB_ATN_ASSERT

VI_VXI_CLASS_MEMORY

VI_GPIB_ATN_DEASSERT_HANDSHAKE

VI_VXI_CLASS_EXTENDED

VI_GPIB_ATN_ASSERT_IMMEDIATE

VI_VXI_CLASS_MESSAGE

VI_ASSERT_SIGNAL

VI_VXI_CLASS_REGISTER

VI_ASSERT_USE_ASSIGNED

VI_VXI_CLASS_OTHER

VI_ASSERT_IRQ1

VI_UTIL_ASSERT_SYSRESET

VI_ASSERT_IRQ2

VI_UTIL_ASSERT_SYSFAIL

VI_ASSERT_IRQ3

VI_UTIL_DEASSERT_SYSFAIL

VI_ASSERT_IRQ4

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Name

Value

Name

Value

VI_TRIG_ALL

VI_ASSERT_IRQ5

VI_ASSERT_IRQ7

VI_ASSERT_IRQ6

VI_GPIB_UNADDRESSED

VI_IO_IN_BUF

16

VI_GPIB_TALKER

VI_IO_OUT_BUF

32

VI_GPIB_LISTENER

VI_IO_IN_BUF_DISCARD

64

VI_PROT_4882_STRS

VI_IO_OUT_BUF_DISCARD

128

VI_INTF_USB

VI_PROT_NORMAL

VI_PROT_FDC

VI_PROT_HS488

VI_PROT_USBTMC_VENDOR

VI_UNKNOWN_CHASSIS

1
1

VI_OPAQUE_SPACE

FFFFh

VI_INTF_PXI

VI_UNKNOWN_TRIG

VI_PXI_ALLOC_SPACE

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_0

1000

10

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_1

1001

VI_PXI_BAR0_SPACE

11

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_2

1002

VI_PXI_BAR1_SPACE

12

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_3

1003

VI_PXI_BAR2_SPACE

13

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_4

1004

14

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_5

1005

VI_PXI_BAR4_SPACE

15

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_6

1006

VI_PXI_BAR5_SPACE

16

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_7

1007

VI_PXI_ADDR_NONE

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_8

1008

VI_PXI_ADDR_MEM

VI_PXI_LBUS_STAR_TRIG_BUS_9

1009

VI_PXI_ADDR_IO

VI_PXI_STAR_TRIG_CONTROLLER

1413

VI_PXI_ADDR_CFG

VI_TRIG_PROT_RESERVE

VI_TRIG_PROT_UNRESERVE

VI_PXI_CFG_SPACE

VI_PXI_BAR3_SPACE

RULE3.6.1
TherangeoftheattributeVI_ATTR_USER_DATASHALLbe0toFFFFFFFFh.

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