RESETSYS(3)

✨ RESETSYS(3) ✨ — like, the ResetSys of it all

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a gliiittering little legend from the linux-gpib manual, section 3 💖 it's called ResetSys and it does exactly what it says on the tin: it resets the system. no cap. that's the whole NAME energy, and honestly? iconic 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, literally copy-paste this and you're halfway there:

#include <gpib/ib.h>

void ResetSys(int board_desc, const Addr4882_t addressList[]);

two arguments, board_desc and addressList[], and it returns void because it's not here to give you receipts, it's here to do things 💅

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the way that ResetSys() works is it goes absolutely feral in the most organized way possible. here's the whole glow-up routine, in order:

• 💥 The remote enable bus line is asserted.
• 💥 An interface clear is performed — and the interface clear bus line is asserted for at least 100 microseconds. yes, microseconds, she's precise like that.
• 💥 The device clear command is sent to all the devices on the bus. every single one. no device left behind, periodt.
• 💥 The *RST message is sent to every device specified in the addressList.

so like… remote enable on, interface cleared, everybody on the bus gets a device clear, and then every address you actually listed gets the *RST message specifically. that's it, that's the whole plot, and it ate 🔥

bestie note: the *RST message only goes to the devices in addressList — the device clear, though? that one is for everyone on the bus. iykyk 👑

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

like, respect the icon who wrote it, fr fr 🙏

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okay and that's the whole page! this little masterpiece lives in linux-gpib, version 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026 — so if you're reading this in the future, hi, hope your bus is clean and your devices are all reset 🦋💖✨