National Instruments NI-488.2 Benutzerhandbuch

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To reconfigure GPIB device templates in Windows 2000/NT, complete the 
following steps:

1.

Select Start»Programs»National Instruments NI-488.2»Explore 
GPIB to start Measurement & Automation Explorer.

2.

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

3.

Right-click on any GPIB interface and select Properties from the 
drop-down menu that appears.

4.

Select the device template that you want to modify, such as DEV1.

5.

Click on the Configure button and rename the device template as 
described in your application documentation.

6.

Click on the OK button twice to save your changes and exit.

To enable or disable DOS support for your NI-488.2 application, refer to 
one of the following sections.

To enable or disable NI-488.2 DOS support in Windows 98/95, complete 
the following steps:

1.

Make sure that no older version of the NI-488.2 DOS device driver is 
being loaded from your 

config.sys

 file. To do so, complete the 

following steps:

a.

Locate your 

config.sys

 file and open it for editing.

b.

Find the following line:

device=<path>\gpib.com

where 

 refers to the drive and directory where 

gpib.com

 

is located.

c.

If that line appears, type 

REM

 at the beginning of the line, as 

follows:

REM device=<path>\gpib.com

d.

Save your 

config.sys

 file and close it.

2.

Select Start»Programs»National Instruments NI-488.2»Explore 
GPIB to start Measurement & Automation Explorer.