Instrument Control Toolbox

Interface Information

To display information about a specific interface, you must supply the interface name as an argument to instrhwinfo. The interface name can be gpib, visa, or serial. For the serial port interface, the returned information includes the available serial ports. For the GPIB and VISA interfaces, the returned information includes the installed adaptors. For example, to display the GPIB interface information

out = instrhwinfo('gpib')
out =

    InstalledAdaptors: {'cbi' 'ni'}
       JarFileVersion: 'Version 1.0 (R12)'

The InstalledAdaptors field indicates that the ComputerBoards and National Instruments adaptors are installed. This means that it is possible to communicate with instruments using GPIB controllers from these vendors.

General Toolbox Information

Adaptor Information