Aw: GPIB serial poll of an instrument

[Stefan Mahr]

> Now that octave has an instrument control toolbox...
> I am wondering if there is any way of serial polling an instrument.
> For example I am programming an 8510C VNA, the total test time is unknown
> so the VNA will request service when the test is done and data is ready.
> 
> I read the linux-gpib has the capability, just wondering if there is any way
> of using in octave.
> Or, if you are a developer, perhaps adding the function would be a good
> idea.

I've never used serial poll. Implementing this function has a low priority for 
me, since you can work around by reading the status byte with *STB?. However, 
it should be trivial to implement this.

Stefan