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HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Geir Isene - 01-12-2010 Many modules, lots of functions, little storage space (in my mind).
Having reached a target with the ICEBOX, it's time for me to move over to doing more HP-IL stuff. Never been doing much of that and I wonder if any of you would care to give your top 10 useful HP-IL functions. There are plenty of useful functions across modules like Extended IO, Extended IL, Paname, CCD OS/X, HP-IL Devel as well as the HP-IL module itself. It would be good to have a shortlist of the best functions... Anyone?
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Egan Ford - 01-12-2010 CCD OS/X Cat 0 is a must for me. I wish it existed outside of CCD OS/X.
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Raymond Del Tondo - 01-13-2010 Hi, the CCD OS/X already _is_ the extremely compacted version;-) In the original CCD module, the UI code ran across (back and forth) both 4K pages.
@Geir:
Raymond
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Geir Isene - 01-13-2010 Is it available somewhere?
Otherwise, the Paname module is a real kicker...
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Raymond Del Tondo - 01-13-2010 Christoph Klug distributes it. Please drop him a mail:-)
Raymond
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - J-F Garnier - 01-13-2010 Hi Geir,
For serious HP-IL usage, the Extended I/O ROM is highly recommended. Then the Extended IL ROM (Skwid) can be considered.
For the top 10 commands, it really depends on what you plan to do with HP-IL. ** Mass Storage Operations: - NEWM, WRTP/READP, WRTA/READA, DIR (CAT 4), PURGE for mass storage. - If you have several mass storage units, the COPYFL and MCOPY functions of the Ext I/O ROM will be useful. - if you have a drive with capacity > 128KB (for instance the HP9114), then the SNEWM, SWRTP, SDIR and SCOPYFL variants from Ext-IL ROM are interesting, plus the WRTXM/READXM, WRTCAL/READCAL. ** Printer Operations: - PRP and LIST for program listing. - the MCPRP and MCLIST multi-colomn variants from the Ext-IL ROM. - PRX, PRA, ACA, PRBUF, ADV for general purpose printing operations. Then if you plan to use HP-IL for instrument control, the Extended I/O ROM is a must with many useful functions. The most important functions (from HP-IL module or Ext I/O) could be: NLOOP, FINDID/FINDAID, SELECT/RCLSEL, ID/AID, SPOLL, TRIGGER, CLRDEV/CLRLOOP, REMOTE/LOCAL/NOTREM, plus all the INA/OUTA variants, plus the low level HP-IL commands... Finally, let me mention the 44468A Data Acq/Ctrl ROM if you have a HP3421 Data logger. J-F
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Ángel Martin - 01-13-2010 I'm not certain but I believe it's not for free - a shame, it'd be an excellent source to learn more MCODE tricks...
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Ángel Martin - 01-13-2010 Good luck with this new project Geir, it's a tall order! (I wouldn't touch the IL world with a 12-foot pole!)
Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Garth Wilson - 01-13-2010 I just looked through a test program I used in the 80's when I used the 41 the most, which was for controlling equipment. Here are the top HPIL commands used, in order of frequency: Some of these were in subroutines that would have gotten run multiple times per set of tests.
A program used to control an EPROM programmer used:
A program used to check battery life on many units at once used: Re: HP-IL a summary QRG/top 10 commands - Geir Isene - 01-14-2010 Nice. Thanks for this. It's exactly what I was looking for.
Now that I am diving more into the HP-IL, I have the idea that the combo CCD OS/X + Paname would do most anything (except low level debugging as in the DEVIL rom). Paname has a bunch of the Ext IO type of functionality as well as the printer/plotter/video functions.
Re: HP-IL and the EXT-IL-PLUS - Christoph Klug - 01-16-2010 Dear HP-41 & HP-IL enthusiasts.. A lot of helpfully commands and routines for controlling HP-IL with HP-41 handhelcomputer for real world interface applications, you find in my two books HP41 Input/Output Board & IL2000 Interface System. Beside the IL-Module the EXT-I/O module has a key function. And of course the CCD-Module. And the best extension for this advanced module configuration is the EXT-IL-PLUS module - which is described in detail in my book, mentioned above. If you are interested to get the EXT-IL-PLUS please contact me...
Best regtards - Christoph Klug
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