READSTATUSBYTE(3)

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✨ READSTATUSBYTE(3) ✨

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing a serial poll 💅 this is ReadStatusByte from the linux-gpib manual, section 3, and it's genuinely so much simpler than it sounds, i promise 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

ReadStatusByte — serial poll a device 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <gpib/ib.h>

void ReadStatusByte(int board_desc, Addr4882_t address, short *result);

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe check ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ ReadStatusByte() makes the board you picked — the one living at the board descriptor board_desc 👑 — go serial poll the GPIB address you handed it in address. then it takes that shiny status byte and tucks it away at the spot your result pointer is pointing to 🍓 boom. done. slay.

now, real talk 💀 if you're trying to serial poll multiple devices, it might be just a lil bit more efficient to use AllSPoll() instead. like, marginally. but it's there, and it's iconic for a reason.

also!! fun fact: you can ALSO do serial polls with the 'traditional API' function ibrsp(). options, bestie. we love options 🌈

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌟 go forth and poll responsibly 🧚💜

this lil masterpiece came from linux-gpib 4.3.7 and it was dated 07/06/2026 ✨ mwah 💋

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