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VISA Programming Examples How to Co-ordinate Two Modules
202 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
{
/* reduce the output power for 6.0 dB */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SOURCE2:CHAN1:POW:ATT 6.0\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
}
}
/* loop, until a key is pressed */
while(!scanf("%c",&c));
/* turn the laser off */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SOURCE2:CHAN1:POW:STATE 0\n");
if (errStatus < VI_SUCCESS) checkError(vi,errStatus);
/*close the session */
viClose(vi);
}
void checkError(ViSession session, ViStatus err_status )
{
ViStatus error;
ViChar errMsg[256];
error = viQueryf(session,"SYST:ERR?\n","%t",errMsg);
if (error == VI_ERROR_TMO)
{
printf("System Error!\n") ;
exit(1);
}
else
{
/* only errors should be displayed */
if(errMsg[0] != '+')
printf("error:%ld --> %s\n", err_status,errMsg) ;
}
}