IBBNA(3)

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version 4.3.7 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 IBBNA(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the ibbna page from the Traditional API Functions corner of the manual, and it's literally all about changing which GPIB interface board your device is chillin' on. let's get into it ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ibbna — change access board (device) 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gpib/ib.h>

int ibbna(int ud, const char *name);

no cap, that's the whole signature. short and iconic 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so ibbna() changes the GPIB interface board used to access the device specified by ud. periodt.

after you call it, every subsequent device level call using the descriptor ud will assume the device is connected to the interface board specified by name. it's giving "new board, same device, main character energy" 👑

if you wanna specify a device's new access board by board index instead of by name, you can use the IbcBNA option of ibconfig(). iykyk 🫶

the name of a board can be specified in the configuration file gpib.conf. yes bestie, that's the file, write it down 📝

on success, iberr is set to the board index of the device's old access board. so it's lowkey snitching on where the device used to be connected, and that's on purpose 💀

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

the value of ibsta is returned. that's it, that's the tea 🍓

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

and that's the whole vibe, bestie 💖 this was linux-gpib 4.3.7, dated 07/06/2026, and you absolutely ate reading this whole page. slay 💅✨🦋

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