Re: Working with secondary addresses

dave penkler <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:05:14 +0100
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Hi John,
The python bindings are fine.
"but there are no listeners currently addressed." means that when the
addressing commands are sent there is no response on the bus.
In detail: no device has asserted one of NDAC and NRFD
So it looks like the device at pad 5 does not recognise sad 0x73
Looking at the perl code you are using sad 0x7B
Could that be the issue ?
cheers,
-Dave

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 22:02, dave penkler <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK,
> I'll look into it.
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 16:35, John via Linux-gpib-general <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> 1) Not plugged into the bus
>>
>> The device is plugged in and the Perl script works so its not
>> connectivity.
>>
>> 2) Not powered on
>>
>> Again, the Perl script works on the same device.
>>
>> 3) Device is hung
>>
>> There is no change after power cycling the device and computer.
>>
>> I am fairly certain its a software issue, but would need to dig into the
>> library code and maybe attach a logic analyser to understand what's
>> happening behind the scenes so to speak.
>>
>> What does it mean by "but there are no listeners currently addressed." ?
>> The gpib.dev() addressing command is presumably opening a listen or talk
>> communication handle?
>>
>> Could be an issue with how the device is responding I suppose, but why
>> would Perl work and Python not when its supposedly doing the same thing?
>>
>> I do at least have the option to run with Perl for now, but it would be
>> nice to have Python.
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi John,</div><div>The python bindin=
gs are fine.</div><div>&quot;but there are no listeners currently addressed=
.&quot; means that when the addressing commands are sent there is no respon=
se on the bus.</div><div>In detail: no device has asserted one of NDAC and =
NRFD=C2=A0</div><div>So it looks like the device at pad 5 does not recognis=
e sad 0x73</div><div>Looking at the perl code you are using sad 0x7B</div><=
div>Could=C2=A0that be the issue ?</div><div>cheers,</div><div>-Dave</div><=
/div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 22:02, dave penkler &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">OK,<div>I=
&#39;ll look=C2=A0into it.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 16:35=
, John via Linux-gpib-general &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:linux-gpib-general@list=
s.sourceforge.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
et</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex=
"><u></u>

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  <div>
    <p><br></p>
    <div>1) Not plugged into the bus</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>The device is plugged in and the Perl script works so its not
      connectivity.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div>
      <div>2) Not powered on</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Again, the Perl script works on the same device.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div>3) Device is hung</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>There is no change after power cycling the device and
          computer.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I am fairly certain its a software issue, but would need to
          dig into the library code and maybe attach a logic analyser to
          understand what&#39;s happening behind the scenes so to speak.</d=
iv>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        What does it mean by &quot;but there are no listeners currently
        addressed.&quot; ?</div>
    </div>
    <div>The <a href=3D"http://gpib.dev" target=3D"_blank">gpib.dev</a>() a=
ddressing command is presumably opening a
      listen or talk communication handle?</div>
    <p>Could be an issue with how the device is responding I suppose,
      but why would Perl work and Python not when its supposedly doing
      the same thing?</p>
    <p>I do at least have the option to run with Perl for now, but it
      would be nice to have Python.</p>
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      <pre></pre>
    </blockquote>
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