Instrument Control Toolbox    


Function Reference

The following sections provide descriptions of all toolbox functions that you can use directly. In Base Functions, the base functions are summarized using several categories according to usage. In Object-Specific Functions, object-specific functions are summarized by object type and usage in these sections:

In Functions Listed Alphabetically," the functions are described in detail.

Getting Command Line Function Help

To get command line function help, you should use the instrhelp function. For example, to get help for the query function, type

Alternatively, you can use the help command.

However, the Instrument Control Toolbox provides "overloaded" versions of many MATLAB functions. That is, it provides toolbox-specific implementations of these functions using the same function name.

To get command line help for an overloaded toolbox function using help, you must supply the class directory.

For example, the Instrument Control Toolbox provides an overloaded version of the fopen function used for file I/O. To obtain help for the file I/O version of this function, type

You can determine if a function is overloaded by examining the last section of the help. For fopen, the help contains the following information.

So, to obtain help on the toolbox version of this function, type

For more information on overloaded functions and class directories, refer to "MATLAB Classes and Objects" in the Help browser.


 Reference Functions Grouped by Category