NAME¶

ibwrt - write data bytes (board or device)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <gpib/ib.h>

int ibwrt (int ud, const void *data, long num_bytes);

DESCRIPTION¶

ibwrt() is used to write data bytes to a device or board. The argument ud can be either a device or board descriptor. num_bytes specifies how many bytes are written from the user-supplied array data. EOI may be asserted with the last byte sent or when the end-of-string character is sent (see ibeos() and ibeot()). The write operation may be interrupted by a timeout (see ibtmo()), the board receiving a device clear command, or receiving an interface clear.

If ud is a device descriptor, then the library automatically handles addressing the device as listener and the interface board as talker, before sending the data bytes onto the bus.

If ud is a board descriptor, the board simply writes the data onto the bus. The controller-in-charge must address the board as talker.

After the ibwrt() call, ibcnt and ibcntl are set to the number of bytes written.

RETURN VALUE¶

The value of ibsta is returned.