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scpi: style nits in sr_scpi_scan(), prefer common helper
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index 84db9daca358ea793fdb4b438504da0a4932083c..0e74b32901f10e21b4a657d2ddebd57dbd401957 100644 (file)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * This file is part of the libsigrok project.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013 poljar (Damir Jelić) <poljarinho@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Bert Vermeulen <bert@biot.com>
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "libsigrok.h"
-#include "libsigrok-internal.h"
-
+#include <config.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <libsigrok/libsigrok.h>
+#include "libsigrok-internal.h"
+#include "scpi.h"
 
 #define LOG_PREFIX "scpi"
 
 #define SCPI_READ_RETRIES 100
-#define SCPI_READ_RETRY_TIMEOUT 10000
+#define SCPI_READ_RETRY_TIMEOUT_US (10 * 1000)
+
+static const char *scpi_vendors[][2] = {
+       { "Agilent Technologies", "Agilent" },
+       { "CHROMA", "Chroma" },
+       { "Chroma ATE", "Chroma" },
+       { "HEWLETT-PACKARD", "HP" },
+       { "Keysight Technologies", "Keysight" },
+       { "PHILIPS", "Philips" },
+       { "RIGOL TECHNOLOGIES", "Rigol" },
+};
 
 /**
  * Parse a string representation of a boolean-like value into a gboolean.
@@ -71,7 +83,7 @@ SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_tcp_rigol_dev;
 SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_usbtmc_libusb_dev;
 SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_vxi_dev;
 SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_visa_dev;
-SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_gpib_dev;
+SR_PRIV extern const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst scpi_libgpib_dev;
 
 static const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi_devs[] = {
        &scpi_tcp_raw_dev,
@@ -86,10 +98,10 @@ static const struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi_devs[] = {
        &scpi_visa_dev,
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBGPIB
-       &scpi_gpib_dev,
+       &scpi_libgpib_dev,
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSERIALPORT
-       &scpi_serial_dev,  /* must be last as it matches any resource */
+#ifdef HAVE_SERIAL_COMM
+       &scpi_serial_dev, /* Must be last as it matches any resource. */
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -109,12 +121,193 @@ static struct sr_dev_inst *sr_scpi_scan_resource(struct drv_context *drvc,
                return NULL;
        };
 
-       if ((sdi = probe_device(scpi)))
-               return sdi;
+       sdi = probe_device(scpi);
 
        sr_scpi_close(scpi);
-       sr_scpi_free(scpi);
-       return NULL;
+
+       if (sdi)
+               sdi->status = SR_ST_INACTIVE;
+       else
+               sr_scpi_free(scpi);
+
+       return sdi;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send a SCPI command with a variadic argument list without mutex.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialized SCPI device structure.
+ * @param format Format string.
+ * @param args Argument list.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_send_variadic(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                        const char *format, va_list args)
+{
+       va_list args_copy;
+       char *buf;
+       int len, ret;
+
+       /* Get length of buffer required. */
+       va_copy(args_copy, args);
+       len = sr_vsnprintf_ascii(NULL, 0, format, args_copy);
+       va_end(args_copy);
+
+       /* Allocate buffer and write out command. */
+       buf = g_malloc0(len + 2);
+       sr_vsprintf_ascii(buf, format, args);
+       if (buf[len - 1] != '\n')
+               buf[len] = '\n';
+
+       /* Send command. */
+       ret = scpi->send(scpi->priv, buf);
+
+       /* Free command buffer. */
+       g_free(buf);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send a SCPI command without mutex.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialized SCPI device structure.
+ * @param format Format string, to be followed by any necessary arguments.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_send(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi, const char *format, ...)
+{
+       va_list args;
+       int ret;
+
+       va_start(args, format);
+       ret = scpi_send_variadic(scpi, format, args);
+       va_end(args);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send data to SCPI device without mutex.
+ *
+ * TODO: This is only implemented in TcpRaw, but never used.
+ * TODO: Use Mutex at all?
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param buf Buffer with data to send.
+ * @param len Number of bytes to send.
+ *
+ * @return Number of bytes read, or SR_ERR upon failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_write_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi, char *buf, int maxlen)
+{
+       return scpi->write_data(scpi->priv, buf, maxlen);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read part of a response from SCPI device without mutex.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param buf Buffer to store result.
+ * @param maxlen Maximum number of bytes to read.
+ *
+ * @return Number of bytes read, or SR_ERR upon failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_read_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi, char *buf, int maxlen)
+{
+       return scpi->read_data(scpi->priv, buf, maxlen);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Do a non-blocking read of up to the allocated length, and
+ * check if a timeout has occured, without mutex.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param response Buffer to which the response is appended.
+ * @param abs_timeout_us Absolute timeout in microseconds
+ *
+ * @return read length on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_read_response(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                               GString *response, gint64 abs_timeout_us)
+{
+       int len, space;
+
+       space = response->allocated_len - response->len;
+       len = scpi->read_data(scpi->priv, &response->str[response->len], space);
+
+       if (len < 0) {
+               sr_err("Incompletely read SCPI response.");
+               return SR_ERR;
+       }
+
+       if (len > 0) {
+               g_string_set_size(response, response->len + len);
+               return len;
+       }
+
+       if (g_get_monotonic_time() > abs_timeout_us) {
+               sr_err("Timed out waiting for SCPI response.");
+               return SR_ERR_TIMEOUT;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send a SCPI command, receive the reply and store the reply in
+ * scpi_response, without mutex.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device.
+ * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the SCPI response.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ */
+static int scpi_get_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                               const char *command, GString **scpi_response)
+{
+       int ret;
+       GString *response;
+       int space;
+       gint64 timeout;
+
+       /* Optionally send caller provided command. */
+       if (command) {
+               if (scpi_send(scpi, command) != SR_OK)
+                       return SR_ERR;
+       }
+
+       /* Initiate SCPI read operation. */
+       if (sr_scpi_read_begin(scpi) != SR_OK)
+               return SR_ERR;
+
+       /* Keep reading until completion or until timeout. */
+       timeout = g_get_monotonic_time() + scpi->read_timeout_us;
+
+       response = *scpi_response;
+
+       while (!sr_scpi_read_complete(scpi)) {
+               /* Resize the buffer when free space drops below a threshold. */
+               space = response->allocated_len - response->len;
+               if (space < 128) {
+                       int oldlen = response->len;
+                       g_string_set_size(response, oldlen + 1024);
+                       g_string_set_size(response, oldlen);
+               }
+
+               /* Read another chunk of the response. */
+               ret = scpi_read_response(scpi, response, timeout);
+
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return ret;
+               if (ret > 0)
+                       timeout = g_get_monotonic_time() + scpi->read_timeout_us;
+       }
+
+       return SR_OK;
 }
 
 SR_PRIV GSList *sr_scpi_scan(struct drv_context *drvc, GSList *options,
@@ -122,34 +315,35 @@ SR_PRIV GSList *sr_scpi_scan(struct drv_context *drvc, GSList *options,
 {
        GSList *resources, *l, *devices;
        struct sr_dev_inst *sdi;
-       const char *resource = NULL;
-       const char *serialcomm = NULL;
+       const char *resource, *conn;
+       const char *serialcomm, *comm;
        gchar **res;
        unsigned i;
 
-       for (l = options; l; l = l->next) {
-               struct sr_config *src = l->data;
-               switch (src->key) {
-               case SR_CONF_CONN:
-                       resource = g_variant_get_string(src->data, NULL);
-                       break;
-               case SR_CONF_SERIALCOMM:
-                       serialcomm = g_variant_get_string(src->data, NULL);
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
+       resource = NULL;
+       serialcomm = NULL;
+       (void)sr_serial_extract_options(options, &resource, &serialcomm);
 
        devices = NULL;
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(scpi_devs); i++) {
-               if ((resource && strcmp(resource, scpi_devs[i]->prefix))
-                   || !scpi_devs[i]->scan)
+               if (resource && strcmp(resource, scpi_devs[i]->prefix) != 0)
+                       continue;
+               if (!scpi_devs[i]->scan)
                        continue;
                resources = scpi_devs[i]->scan(drvc);
                for (l = resources; l; l = l->next) {
                        res = g_strsplit(l->data, ":", 2);
-                       if (res[0] && (sdi = sr_scpi_scan_resource(drvc, res[0],
-                                      serialcomm ? serialcomm : res[1], probe_device)))
+                       if (!res[0]) {
+                               g_strfreev(res);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       conn = res[0];
+                       comm = serialcomm ? : res[1];
+                       sdi = sr_scpi_scan_resource(drvc, conn, comm, probe_device);
+                       if (sdi) {
                                devices = g_slist_append(devices, sdi);
+                               sdi->connection_id = g_strdup(l->data);
+                       }
                        g_strfreev(res);
                }
                g_slist_free_full(resources, g_free);
@@ -157,7 +351,8 @@ SR_PRIV GSList *sr_scpi_scan(struct drv_context *drvc, GSList *options,
 
        if (!devices && resource) {
                sdi = sr_scpi_scan_resource(drvc, resource, serialcomm, probe_device);
-               devices = g_slist_append(NULL, sdi);
+               if (sdi)
+                       devices = g_slist_append(NULL, sdi);
        }
 
        /* Tack a copy of the newly found devices onto the driver list. */
@@ -182,6 +377,7 @@ SR_PRIV struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi_dev_inst_new(struct drv_context *drvc,
                        scpi = g_malloc(sizeof(*scpi));
                        *scpi = *scpi_dev;
                        scpi->priv = g_malloc0(scpi->priv_size);
+                       scpi->read_timeout_us = 1000 * 1000;
                        params = g_strsplit(resource, "/", 0);
                        if (scpi->dev_inst_new(scpi->priv, drvc, resource,
                                               params, serialcomm) != SR_OK) {
@@ -205,7 +401,26 @@ SR_PRIV struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi_dev_inst_new(struct drv_context *drvc,
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_open(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
 {
-       return scpi->open(scpi->priv);
+       g_mutex_init(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return scpi->open(scpi);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the connection ID of the SCPI device.
+ *
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory regardless of the routine's
+ * return code. See @ref g_free().
+ *
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialized SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[out] connection_id Pointer where to store the connection ID.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ */
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_connection_id(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+               char **connection_id)
+{
+       return scpi->connection_id(scpi, connection_id);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -259,7 +474,9 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_send(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
        int ret;
 
        va_start(args, format);
-       ret = sr_scpi_send_variadic(scpi, format, args);
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_send_variadic(scpi, format, args);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
        va_end(args);
 
        return ret;
@@ -277,24 +494,11 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_send(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_send_variadic(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                         const char *format, va_list args)
 {
-       va_list args_copy;
-       char *buf;
-       int len, ret;
-
-       /* Get length of buffer required. */
-       va_copy(args_copy, args);
-       len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, args_copy);
-       va_end(args_copy);
-
-       /* Allocate buffer and write out command. */
-       buf = g_malloc(len + 1);
-       vsprintf(buf, format, args);
-
-       /* Send command. */
-       ret = scpi->send(scpi->priv, buf);
+       int ret;
 
-       /* Free command buffer. */
-       g_free(buf);
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_send_variadic(scpi, format, args);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
 
        return ret;
 }
@@ -323,7 +527,37 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_read_begin(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_read_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                        char *buf, int maxlen)
 {
-       return scpi->read_data(scpi->priv, buf, maxlen);
+       int ret;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_read_data(scpi, buf, maxlen);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send data to SCPI device.
+ *
+ * TODO: This is only implemented in TcpRaw, but never used.
+ * TODO: Use Mutex at all?
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param buf Buffer with data to send.
+ * @param len Number of bytes to send.
+ *
+ * @return Number of bytes read, or SR_ERR upon failure.
+ */
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_write_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                       char *buf, int maxlen)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_write_data(scpi, buf, maxlen);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -347,71 +581,109 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_read_complete(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_close(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
 {
-       return scpi->close(scpi->priv);
+       int ret;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi->close(scpi);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       g_mutex_clear(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
  * Free SCPI device.
  *
- * @param scpi Previously initialized SCPI device structure.
- *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @param scpi Previously initialized SCPI device structure. If NULL,
+ *             this function does nothing.
  */
 SR_PRIV void sr_scpi_free(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
 {
+       if (!scpi)
+               return;
+
        scpi->free(scpi->priv);
        g_free(scpi->priv);
+       g_free(scpi->actual_channel_name);
        g_free(scpi);
 }
 
 /**
  * Send a SCPI command, receive the reply and store the reply in scpi_response.
  *
- * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
- * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
- * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the SCPI response.
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory regardless of the routine's
+ * return code. See @ref g_free().
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[in] command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
+ * @param[out] scpi_response Pointer where to store the SCPI response.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_string(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                               const char *command, char **scpi_response)
 {
-       char buf[256];
-       int len;
        GString *response;
 
-       if (command)
-               if (sr_scpi_send(scpi, command) != SR_OK)
-                       return SR_ERR;
-
-       if (sr_scpi_read_begin(scpi) != SR_OK)
-               return SR_ERR;
-
-       response = g_string_new("");
-
        *scpi_response = NULL;
 
-       while (!sr_scpi_read_complete(scpi)) {
-               len = sr_scpi_read_data(scpi, buf, sizeof(buf));
-               if (len < 0) {
+       response = g_string_sized_new(1024);
+       if (sr_scpi_get_data(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK) {
+               if (response)
                        g_string_free(response, TRUE);
-                       return SR_ERR;
-               }
-               g_string_append_len(response, buf, len);
+               return SR_ERR;
        }
 
        /* Get rid of trailing linefeed if present */
        if (response->len >= 1 && response->str[response->len - 1] == '\n')
                g_string_truncate(response, response->len - 1);
 
-       *scpi_response = response->str;
-       g_string_free(response, FALSE);
+       /* Get rid of trailing carriage return if present */
+       if (response->len >= 1 && response->str[response->len - 1] == '\r')
+               g_string_truncate(response, response->len - 1);
+
+       sr_spew("Got response: '%.70s', length %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT ".",
+               response->str, response->len);
 
-       sr_spew("Got response: '%.70s'.", *scpi_response);
+       *scpi_response = g_string_free(response, FALSE);
 
        return SR_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Do a non-blocking read of up to the allocated length, and
+ * check if a timeout has occured.
+ *
+ * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param response Buffer to which the response is appended.
+ * @param abs_timeout_us Absolute timeout in microseconds
+ *
+ * @return read length on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
+ */
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_read_response(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                                 GString *response, gint64 abs_timeout_us)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_read_response(scpi, response, abs_timeout_us);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_data(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                            const char *command, GString **scpi_response)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+       ret = scpi_get_data(scpi, command, scpi_response);
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * Send a SCPI command, read the reply, parse it as a bool value and store the
  * result in scpi_response.
@@ -420,7 +692,7 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_string(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
  * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_bool(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                             const char *command, gboolean *scpi_response)
@@ -430,14 +702,14 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_bool(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 
        response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
        if (parse_strict_bool(response, scpi_response) == SR_OK)
                ret = SR_OK;
        else
-               ret = SR_ERR;
+               ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
 
        g_free(response);
 
@@ -452,24 +724,29 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_bool(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
  * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_int(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                            const char *command, int *scpi_response)
 {
        int ret;
+       struct sr_rational ret_rational;
        char *response;
 
        response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
-
-       if (sr_atoi(response, scpi_response) == SR_OK)
-               ret = SR_OK;
-       else
-               ret = SR_ERR;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
+
+       ret = sr_parse_rational(response, &ret_rational);
+       if (ret == SR_OK && (ret_rational.p % ret_rational.q) == 0) {
+               *scpi_response = ret_rational.p / ret_rational.q;
+       } else {
+               sr_dbg("get_int: non-integer rational=%" PRId64 "/%" PRIu64,
+                       ret_rational.p, ret_rational.q);
+               ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
+       }
 
        g_free(response);
 
@@ -484,7 +761,7 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_int(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
  * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_float(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                              const char *command, float *scpi_response)
@@ -494,14 +771,14 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_float(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 
        response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
        if (sr_atof_ascii(response, scpi_response) == SR_OK)
                ret = SR_OK;
        else
-               ret = SR_ERR;
+               ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
 
        g_free(response);
 
@@ -516,7 +793,7 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_float(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
  * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_double(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                               const char *command, double *scpi_response)
@@ -526,14 +803,14 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_double(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 
        response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
-       if (sr_atod(response, scpi_response) == SR_OK)
+       if (sr_atod_ascii(response, scpi_response) == SR_OK)
                ret = SR_OK;
        else
-               ret = SR_ERR;
+               ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
 
        g_free(response);
 
@@ -546,18 +823,19 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_double(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  *
  * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
  *
- * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK on success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_opc(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
 {
        unsigned int i;
        gboolean opc;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < SCPI_READ_RETRIES; ++i) {
+       for (i = 0; i < SCPI_READ_RETRIES; i++) {
+               opc = FALSE;
                sr_scpi_get_bool(scpi, SCPI_CMD_OPC, &opc);
                if (opc)
                        return SR_OK;
-               g_usleep(SCPI_READ_RETRY_TIMEOUT);
+               g_usleep(SCPI_READ_RETRY_TIMEOUT_US);
        }
 
        return SR_ERR;
@@ -567,14 +845,15 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_opc(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi)
  * Send a SCPI command, read the reply, parse it as comma separated list of
  * floats and store the as an result in scpi_response.
  *
- * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
- * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
- * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory (unless it's NULL) regardless of
+ * the routine's return code. See @ref g_array_free().
  *
- * @return SR_OK upon successfully parsing all values, SR_ERR upon a parsing
- *         error or upon no response. The allocated response must be freed by
- *         the caller in the case of an SR_OK as well as in the case of
- *         parsing error.
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[in] command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
+ * @param[out] scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK upon successfully parsing all values, SR_ERR* upon a parsing
+ *         error or upon no response.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_floatv(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                               const char *command, GArray **scpi_response)
@@ -583,37 +862,38 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_floatv(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
        float tmp;
        char *response;
        gchar **ptr, **tokens;
+       size_t token_count;
        GArray *response_array;
 
-       ret = SR_OK;
-       response = NULL;
-       tokens = NULL;
+       *scpi_response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
+       response = NULL;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
        tokens = g_strsplit(response, ",", 0);
-       ptr = tokens;
+       token_count = g_strv_length(tokens);
 
-       response_array = g_array_sized_new(TRUE, FALSE, sizeof(float), 256);
+       response_array = g_array_sized_new(TRUE, FALSE,
+               sizeof(float), token_count + 1);
 
+       ptr = tokens;
        while (*ptr) {
-               if (sr_atof_ascii(*ptr, &tmp) == SR_OK)
-                       response_array = g_array_append_val(response_array,
-                                                           tmp);
-               else
-                       ret = SR_ERR;
-
+               ret = sr_atof_ascii(*ptr, &tmp);
+               if (ret != SR_OK) {
+                       ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
+                       break;
+               }
+               response_array = g_array_append_val(response_array, tmp);
                ptr++;
        }
        g_strfreev(tokens);
        g_free(response);
 
-       if (ret == SR_ERR && response_array->len == 0) {
+       if (ret != SR_OK && response_array->len == 0) {
                g_array_free(response_array, TRUE);
-               *scpi_response = NULL;
-               return SR_ERR;
+               return SR_ERR_DATA;
        }
 
        *scpi_response = response_array;
@@ -625,14 +905,15 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_floatv(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
  * Send a SCPI command, read the reply, parse it as comma separated list of
  * unsigned 8 bit integers and store the as an result in scpi_response.
  *
- * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
- * @param command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
- * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory (unless it's NULL) regardless of
+ * the routine's return code. See @ref g_array_free().
+ *
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[in] command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
+ * @param[out] scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
  *
- * @return SR_OK upon successfully parsing all values, SR_ERR upon a parsing
- *         error or upon no response. The allocated response must be freed by
- *         the caller in the case of an SR_OK as well as in the case of
- *         parsing error.
+ * @return SR_OK upon successfully parsing all values, SR_ERR* upon a parsing
+ *         error or upon no response.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_uint8v(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                               const char *command, GArray **scpi_response)
@@ -640,28 +921,30 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_uint8v(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
        int tmp, ret;
        char *response;
        gchar **ptr, **tokens;
+       size_t token_count;
        GArray *response_array;
 
-       ret = SR_OK;
-       response = NULL;
-       tokens = NULL;
+       *scpi_response = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
+       response = NULL;
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, command, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
        tokens = g_strsplit(response, ",", 0);
-       ptr = tokens;
+       token_count = g_strv_length(tokens);
 
-       response_array = g_array_sized_new(TRUE, FALSE, sizeof(uint8_t), 256);
+       response_array = g_array_sized_new(TRUE, FALSE,
+               sizeof(uint8_t), token_count + 1);
 
+       ptr = tokens;
        while (*ptr) {
-               if (sr_atoi(*ptr, &tmp) == SR_OK)
-                       response_array = g_array_append_val(response_array,
-                                                           tmp);
-               else
-                       ret = SR_ERR;
-
+               ret = sr_atoi(*ptr, &tmp);
+               if (ret != SR_OK) {
+                       ret = SR_ERR_DATA;
+                       break;
+               }
+               response_array = g_array_append_val(response_array, tmp);
                ptr++;
        }
        g_strfreev(tokens);
@@ -669,8 +952,7 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_uint8v(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 
        if (response_array->len == 0) {
                g_array_free(response_array, TRUE);
-               *scpi_response = NULL;
-               return SR_ERR;
+               return SR_ERR_DATA;
        }
 
        *scpi_response = response_array;
@@ -678,61 +960,216 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_uint8v(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
        return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Send a SCPI command, read the reply, parse it as binary data with a
+ * "definite length block" header and store the as an result in scpi_response.
+ *
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory (unless it's NULL) regardless of
+ * the routine's return code. See @ref g_byte_array_free().
+ *
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[in] command The SCPI command to send to the device (can be NULL).
+ * @param[out] scpi_response Pointer where to store the parsed result.
+ *
+ * @return SR_OK upon successfully parsing all values, SR_ERR* upon a parsing
+ *         error or upon no response.
+ */
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_block(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
+                              const char *command, GByteArray **scpi_response)
+{
+       int ret;
+       GString* response;
+       gsize oldlen;
+       char buf[10];
+       long llen;
+       long datalen;
+       gint64 timeout;
+
+       *scpi_response = NULL;
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       if (command)
+               if (scpi_send(scpi, command) != SR_OK) {
+                       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+                       return SR_ERR;
+               }
+
+       if (sr_scpi_read_begin(scpi) != SR_OK) {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               return SR_ERR;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Assume an initial maximum length, optionally gets adjusted below.
+        * Prepare a NULL return value for when error paths will be taken.
+        */
+       response = g_string_sized_new(1024);
+
+       timeout = g_get_monotonic_time() + scpi->read_timeout_us;
+
+       /* Get (the first chunk of) the response. */
+       do {
+               ret = scpi_read_response(scpi, response, timeout);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+                       g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       } while (response->len < 2);
+
+       /*
+        * SCPI protocol data blocks are preceeded with a length spec.
+        * The length spec consists of a '#' marker, one digit which
+        * specifies the character count of the length spec, and the
+        * respective number of characters which specify the data block's
+        * length. Raw data bytes follow (thus one must no longer assume
+        * that the received input stream would be an ASCIIZ string).
+        *
+        * Get the data block length, and strip off the length spec from
+        * the input buffer, leaving just the data bytes.
+        */
+       if (response->str[0] != '#') {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+               return SR_ERR_DATA;
+       }
+       buf[0] = response->str[1];
+       buf[1] = '\0';
+       ret = sr_atol(buf, &llen);
+       if ((ret != SR_OK) || (llen == 0)) {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       while (response->len < (unsigned long)(2 + llen)) {
+               ret = scpi_read_response(scpi, response, timeout);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+                       g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+
+       memcpy(buf, &response->str[2], llen);
+       buf[llen] = '\0';
+       ret = sr_atol(buf, &datalen);
+       if ((ret != SR_OK) || (datalen == 0)) {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+               return ret;
+       }
+       g_string_erase(response, 0, 2 + llen);
+
+       /*
+        * Re-allocate the buffer size to the now known length
+        * and keep reading more chunks of response data.
+        */
+       oldlen = response->len;
+       g_string_set_size(response, datalen);
+       g_string_set_size(response, oldlen);
+
+       if (oldlen < (unsigned long)(datalen)) {
+               do {
+                       oldlen = response->len;
+                       ret = scpi_read_response(scpi, response, timeout);
+
+                       /* On timeout truncate the buffer and send the partial response
+                        * instead of getting stuck on timeouts...
+                        */
+                       if (ret == SR_ERR_TIMEOUT) {
+                               datalen = oldlen;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       if (ret < 0) {
+                               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+                               g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+                               return ret;
+                       }
+                       if (ret > 0)
+                               timeout = g_get_monotonic_time() + scpi->read_timeout_us;
+               } while (response->len < (unsigned long)(datalen));
+       }
+
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       /* Convert received data to byte array. */
+       *scpi_response = g_byte_array_new_take(
+               (guint8*)g_string_free(response, FALSE), datalen);
+
+       return SR_OK;
+}
+
 /**
  * Send the *IDN? SCPI command, receive the reply, parse it and store the
  * reply as a sr_scpi_hw_info structure in the supplied scpi_response pointer.
  *
- * The hw_info structure must be freed by the caller via sr_scpi_hw_info_free().
+ * Callers must free the allocated memory regardless of the routine's
+ * return code. See @ref sr_scpi_hw_info_free().
  *
- * @param scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
- * @param scpi_response Pointer where to store the hw_info structure.
+ * @param[in] scpi Previously initialised SCPI device structure.
+ * @param[out] scpi_response Pointer where to store the hw_info structure.
  *
- * @return SR_OK upon success, SR_ERR on failure.
+ * @return SR_OK upon success, SR_ERR* on failure.
  */
 SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_hw_id(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
                              struct sr_scpi_hw_info **scpi_response)
 {
-       int num_tokens;
+       int num_tokens, ret;
        char *response;
        gchar **tokens;
        struct sr_scpi_hw_info *hw_info;
+       gchar *idn_substr;
 
+       *scpi_response = NULL;
        response = NULL;
        tokens = NULL;
 
-       if (sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, SCPI_CMD_IDN, &response) != SR_OK)
-               if (!response)
-                       return SR_ERR;
-
-       sr_info("Got IDN string: '%s'", response);
+       ret = sr_scpi_get_string(scpi, SCPI_CMD_IDN, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK && !response)
+               return ret;
 
        /*
         * 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);
-
-       for (num_tokens = 0; tokens[num_tokens] != NULL; num_tokens++);
-
-       if (num_tokens != 4) {
-               sr_dbg("IDN response not according to spec: %80.s.", response);
+       num_tokens = g_strv_length(tokens);
+       if (num_tokens < 3) {
+               sr_dbg("IDN response not according to spec: '%s'", response);
                g_strfreev(tokens);
                g_free(response);
-               return SR_ERR;
+               return SR_ERR_DATA;
+       }
+       if (num_tokens < 4) {
+               sr_warn("Short IDN response, assume missing serial number.");
        }
        g_free(response);
 
-       hw_info = g_try_malloc(sizeof(struct sr_scpi_hw_info));
-       if (!hw_info) {
-               g_strfreev(tokens);
-               return SR_ERR_MALLOC;
-       }
+       hw_info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*hw_info));
 
-       hw_info->manufacturer = g_strdup(tokens[0]);
-       hw_info->model = g_strdup(tokens[1]);
-       hw_info->serial_number = g_strdup(tokens[2]);
-       hw_info->firmware_version = g_strdup(tokens[3]);
+       idn_substr = g_strstr_len(tokens[0], -1, "IDN ");
+       if (idn_substr == NULL)
+               hw_info->manufacturer = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[0]));
+       else
+               hw_info->manufacturer = g_strstrip(g_strdup(idn_substr + 4));
+
+       hw_info->model = g_strstrip(g_strdup(tokens[1]));
+       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);
 
@@ -744,17 +1181,216 @@ SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_get_hw_id(struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi,
 /**
  * Free a sr_scpi_hw_info struct.
  *
- * @param hw_info Pointer to the struct to free.
- *
- * This function is safe to call with a NULL pointer.
+ * @param hw_info Pointer to the struct to free. If NULL, this
+ *                function does nothing.
  */
 SR_PRIV void sr_scpi_hw_info_free(struct sr_scpi_hw_info *hw_info)
 {
-       if (hw_info) {
-               g_free(hw_info->manufacturer);
-               g_free(hw_info->model);
-               g_free(hw_info->serial_number);
-               g_free(hw_info->firmware_version);
-               g_free(hw_info);
+       if (!hw_info)
+               return;
+
+       g_free(hw_info->manufacturer);
+       g_free(hw_info->model);
+       g_free(hw_info->serial_number);
+       g_free(hw_info->firmware_version);
+       g_free(hw_info);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove potentially enclosing pairs of quotes, un-escape content.
+ * This implementation modifies the caller's buffer when quotes are found
+ * and doubled quote characters need to get removed from the content.
+ *
+ * @param[in, out] s   The SCPI string to check and un-quote.
+ *
+ * @return The start of the un-quoted string.
+ */
+SR_PRIV const char *sr_scpi_unquote_string(char *s)
+{
+       size_t s_len;
+       char quotes[3];
+       char *rdptr;
+
+       /* Immediately bail out on invalid or short input. */
+       if (!s || !*s)
+               return s;
+       s_len = strlen(s);
+       if (s_len < 2)
+               return s;
+
+       /* Check for matching quote characters front and back. */
+       if (s[0] != '\'' && s[0] != '"')
+               return s;
+       if (s[0] != s[s_len - 1])
+               return s;
+
+       /* Need to strip quotes, and un-double quote chars inside. */
+       quotes[0] = quotes[1] = *s;
+       quotes[2] = '\0';
+       s[s_len - 1] = '\0';
+       s++;
+       rdptr = s;
+       while ((rdptr = strstr(rdptr, quotes)) != NULL) {
+               memmove(rdptr, rdptr + 1, strlen(rdptr));
+               rdptr++;
+       }
+
+       return s;
+}
+
+SR_PRIV const char *sr_vendor_alias(const char *raw_vendor)
+{
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(scpi_vendors); i++) {
+               if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp(raw_vendor, scpi_vendors[i][0]))
+                       return scpi_vendors[i][1];
        }
+
+       return raw_vendor;
+}
+
+SR_PRIV const char *sr_scpi_cmd_get(const struct scpi_command *cmdtable,
+               int command)
+{
+       unsigned int i;
+       const char *cmd;
+
+       if (!cmdtable)
+               return NULL;
+
+       cmd = NULL;
+       for (i = 0; cmdtable[i].string; i++) {
+               if (cmdtable[i].command == command) {
+                       cmd = cmdtable[i].string;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return cmd;
+}
+
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_cmd(const struct sr_dev_inst *sdi,
+               const struct scpi_command *cmdtable,
+               int channel_command, const char *channel_name,
+               int command, ...)
+{
+       struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi;
+       va_list args;
+       int ret;
+       const char *channel_cmd;
+       const char *cmd;
+
+       scpi = sdi->conn;
+
+       if (!(cmd = sr_scpi_cmd_get(cmdtable, command))) {
+               /* Device does not implement this command, that's OK. */
+               return SR_OK;
+       }
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       /* Select channel. */
+       channel_cmd = sr_scpi_cmd_get(cmdtable, channel_command);
+       if (channel_cmd && channel_name &&
+                       g_strcmp0(channel_name, scpi->actual_channel_name)) {
+               sr_spew("sr_scpi_cmd(): new channel = %s", channel_name);
+               g_free(scpi->actual_channel_name);
+               scpi->actual_channel_name = g_strdup(channel_name);
+               ret = scpi_send(scpi, channel_cmd, channel_name);
+               if (ret != SR_OK)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       va_start(args, command);
+       ret = scpi_send_variadic(scpi, cmd, args);
+       va_end(args);
+
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+SR_PRIV int sr_scpi_cmd_resp(const struct sr_dev_inst *sdi,
+               const struct scpi_command *cmdtable,
+               int channel_command, const char *channel_name,
+               GVariant **gvar, const GVariantType *gvtype, int command, ...)
+{
+       struct sr_scpi_dev_inst *scpi;
+       va_list args;
+       const char *channel_cmd;
+       const char *cmd;
+       GString *response;
+       char *s;
+       gboolean b;
+       double d;
+       int ret;
+
+       scpi = sdi->conn;
+
+       if (!(cmd = sr_scpi_cmd_get(cmdtable, command))) {
+               /* Device does not implement this command. */
+               return SR_ERR_NA;
+       }
+
+       g_mutex_lock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       /* Select channel. */
+       channel_cmd = sr_scpi_cmd_get(cmdtable, channel_command);
+       if (channel_cmd && channel_name &&
+                       g_strcmp0(channel_name, scpi->actual_channel_name)) {
+               sr_spew("sr_scpi_cmd_get(): new channel = %s", channel_name);
+               g_free(scpi->actual_channel_name);
+               scpi->actual_channel_name = g_strdup(channel_name);
+               ret = scpi_send(scpi, channel_cmd, channel_name);
+               if (ret != SR_OK)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       va_start(args, command);
+       ret = scpi_send_variadic(scpi, cmd, args);
+       va_end(args);
+       if (ret != SR_OK) {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       response = g_string_sized_new(1024);
+       ret = scpi_get_data(scpi, NULL, &response);
+       if (ret != SR_OK) {
+               g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+               if (response)
+                       g_string_free(response, TRUE);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       g_mutex_unlock(&scpi->scpi_mutex);
+
+       /* Get rid of trailing linefeed if present */
+       if (response->len >= 1 && response->str[response->len - 1] == '\n')
+               g_string_truncate(response, response->len - 1);
+
+       /* Get rid of trailing carriage return if present */
+       if (response->len >= 1 && response->str[response->len - 1] == '\r')
+               g_string_truncate(response, response->len - 1);
+
+       s = g_string_free(response, FALSE);
+
+       ret = SR_OK;
+       if (g_variant_type_equal(gvtype, G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN)) {
+               if ((ret = parse_strict_bool(s, &b)) == SR_OK)
+                       *gvar = g_variant_new_boolean(b);
+       } else if (g_variant_type_equal(gvtype, G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE)) {
+               if ((ret = sr_atod_ascii(s, &d)) == SR_OK)
+                       *gvar = g_variant_new_double(d);
+       } else if (g_variant_type_equal(gvtype, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING)) {
+               *gvar = g_variant_new_string(s);
+       } else {
+               sr_err("Unable to convert to desired GVariant type.");
+               ret = SR_ERR_NA;
+       }
+
+       g_free(s);
+
+       return ret;
 }