Instrument Control Toolbox

Demos

The toolbox includes a large collection of demos, which are available through the instrschool interface. To launch this interface, type instrschool at the command line.

instrschool

Note    instrschool uses prerecorded data. Therefore, you do not need an instrument connected to your computer to use these demos.

instrschool is shown below.

Common Demos

The common demos illustrate features that are common to all supported instrument objects. These demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
Getting Started	How to get started with the Instrument Control Toolbox
Saving/Loading	How to save or load an instrument control session
Recording	How to record data and event information to a disk file
Action Functions	How to perform certain tasks based on events that occur

Serial Port Demos

The serial port demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
ASCII Read/Write	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
Binary Read/Write	How to read and write binary (numerical) data
Asynchronous	How to read and write data asynchronously; an asynchronous operation does not block the MATLAB command line

GPIB Demos

The GPIB demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
ASCII Read/Write	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
Binary Read/Write	How to read and write binary (numerical) data
Asynchronous	How to read and write data asynchronously; an asynchronous operation does not block the MATLAB command line

VISA Demos

The VISA demos are listed below.

Demo Name	Description
Introduction	Describes the VISA standard and the supported communication interfaces
ASCII Read/Write	How to read and write ASCII (text) data
Binary Read/Write	How to read and write binary (numerical) data
Asynchronous	How to read and write data asynchronously; an asynchronous operation does not block the MATLAB command line
Register-Based	How to use register-based functionality to communicate with VXI instruments

Documentation Examples

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