ai_attr

Purpose:

Obtain attributes for an AI driver.

Enter:

ai_attr [filename] [index]

Where:

filename

Optional. Specify the name of the file to access and obtain the AI attributes for an AI driver. The default filename is ‘/specs/ai_attr.nnn’. is assumed, where nnn is the test cell number.

index

Optional. Specify the index into the AI Device Attributes shared memory to use and place the attribute information read from ‘filename’.  The default is to use the next unused block in the shared memory.

Example:

ai_attr
The above accesses the AI attributes specified in the file /specs/ai_attr.nnn and places them in the 1st unused block in the shared memory for AI attributes. nnn is the test cell number associated with the node executing the command.

ai_attr /specs/das16_attr.111 2
The above accesses the AI attributes specified in the file /specs/das16_attr.111 and places them in the 2nd block in the shared memory for AI attributes.

Notes:

Execute this command via the CyFlex startup script (go.scp).

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