National Instruments NI-488.2 Benutzerhandbuch

For advanced interactive communication with GPIB instruments, use the 
Interactive Control utility, as follows:

1.

Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the 

 section.

2.

Expand the Devices and Interfaces directory by clicking the + next 
to the folder.

3.

Right-click on your GPIB interface and select Interactive Control 
from the drop-down menu that appears. Interactive Control 
automatically opens a session to the selected GPIB interface.

4.

At the command prompt, type NI-488.2 API calls to communicate 
interactively with the your instrument. For example, you might use 

ibdev

, 

ibclr

, 

ibwrt

, 

ibrd

, and 

ibonl

.

To view the online help for Interactive Control, type 

help

 at the Interactive 

Control command prompt. For more information on using this utility, refer 
to Chapter 7, 

To view the NI-488.2 software version, complete the following steps:

1.

Start Measurement & Automation Explorer as described in the 

 section.

2.

Expand the Software directory by clicking the + next to the folder.

3.

Click NI-488.2.

Measurement & Automation Explorer displays the version number 
of the NI-488.2 software in the right window pane.