NAME

Lab::Connection::GPIB - GPIB Connection base class

VERSION

version 3.703

SYNOPSIS

This is the base class for all connections providing a GPIB interface. Every inheriting class constructor should start as follows:

sub new {
	my $proto = shift;
	my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
	my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
	$self->_construct(__PACKAGE__); #initialize fields etc.
	...
}

DESCRIPTION

Lab::Connection::GPIB is the base class for all connections providing a GPIB interface. It is not usable on its own. It inherits from Lab::Connection.

Its main use so far is to define the data fields common to all GPIB interfaces.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

Generally called in child class constructor:

my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);

Return blessed $self, with @_ accessible through $self->Config().

METHODS

This just calls back on the methods inherited from Lab::Connection.

If you inherit this class in your own connection however, you have to provide the following methods. Take a look at e.g. Lab::Connection::VISA_GPIB and at the basic implementations in Lab::Connection (they may even suffice).

Write()

Takes a config hash, has to at least pass the key 'command' correctly to the underlying bus.

Read()

Takes a config hash, reads back a message from the device.

Clear()

Clears the instrument.

config

Provides unified access to the fields in initial @_ to all the child classes. E.g.

$GPIB_PAddress=$instrument->Config(GPIB_PAddress);

Without arguments, returns a reference to the complete $self->Config aka @_ of the constructor.

$Config = $connection->Config();
$GPIB_PAddress = $connection->Config()->{'GPIB_PAddress'};

CAVEATS/BUGS

Probably few. Mostly because there's not a lot to be done here. Please report.

SEE ALSO

• Lab::Connection

• Lab::Connection::LinuxGPIB

• Lab::Connection::VISA_GPIB

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by the Lab::Measurement team; in detail:

Copyright 2011       Andreas K. Huettel, Florian Olbrich
          2012       Alois Dirnaichner, Florian Olbrich, Hermann Kraus, Stefan Geissler
          2016       Simon Reinhardt
          2017       Andreas K. Huettel

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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