* The response to a '*IDN?' is specified by the SCPI spec. It contains
* a comma-separated list containing the manufacturer name, instrument
* model, serial number of the instrument and the firmware version.
+ *
+ * BEWARE! Although strictly speaking a smaller field count is invalid,
+ * this implementation also accepts IDN responses with one field less,
+ * and assumes that the serial number is missing. Some GWInstek DMMs
+ * were found to do this. Keep warning about this condition, which may
+ * need more consideration later.
*/
tokens = g_strsplit(response, ",", 0);
num_tokens = g_strv_length(tokens);
- if (num_tokens < 4) {
- sr_dbg("IDN response not according to spec: %80.s.", response);
+ if (num_tokens < 3) {
+ sr_dbg("IDN response not according to spec: '%s'", response);
g_strfreev(tokens);
g_free(response);
return SR_ERR_DATA;
}
+ if (num_tokens < 4) {
+ sr_warn("Short IDN response, assume missing serial number.");
+ }
g_free(response);
hw_info = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct sr_scpi_hw_info));
hw_info->manufacturer = g_strstrip(g_strdup(idn_substr + 4));
hw_info->model = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[1]));
- hw_info->serial_number = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[2]));
- hw_info->firmware_version = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[3]));
+ if (num_tokens < 4) {
+ hw_info->serial_number = g_strdup("Unknown");
+ hw_info->firmware_version = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[2]));
+ } else {
+ hw_info->serial_number = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[2]));
+ hw_info->firmware_version = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[3]));
+ }
g_strfreev(tokens);