ao_attr

Purpose:

Load Analog Output (AO) attributes from a specified file into shared memory for the AO driver using default values if not specified.

Enter:

ao_attr [filename] [index]

Where:

filename

Optional. Specify the name of the file containing the AO attributes. The default filename is ‘/specs/ao_attr.nnn’, where nnn is the test cell number.

index

Optional. Specify the index into the AO Device Attributes shared memory.  The default is to use the next unused block.

Example:

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

ao_attr /specs/ao_attr.fast 2
The above accesses the AO attributes specified in the file /specs/ao_attr.fast and places them in the 2nd block in the shared memory for AO attributes.

Notes:

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

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