Battery check through IL?

[rprosperi]

(10-10-2024 04:40 AM)born2laser Wrote:  Hi Bob, thanks for the pointer, I think that is it and I can do it on the 41 with the INSTAT function in the basic IL module. The manual is not very helpful, it just says go find the meaning of those bits in the device manual, and the device manual does not give the meaning of the system status prescribed by the interface definition.
Low battery is Bit 0, so I guess they thought it important enough!

Juan

Very good Juan, I have no memory at all of what the INSTAT function does. I've found HP-IL on the 41C to be quite slow and frustrating, so I really have not explored it in decades, and never in-depth. Having learned to use HP-IL first on the 71B, using it on a 41 is incredibly slow and limited, so I've never dug into anything but simple user-level features like copying tapes, program listings, etc.