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Can you detect data in a VISA serial port

Can you detect data in a VISA serial port

‎12-20-2004 10:02 AM

Can I use an event structure to detect data in a VISA serial port?
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Re: Can you detect data in a VISA serial port

‎12-20-2004 01:22 PM

Not directly. You can have a separate while loop that uses VISA Wait on Event or VISA Bytes at Serial Port to determine whether there is serial port activity and use that to fire a user event.
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