National Instruments 321042A-01 Manual De Usuario

                                                                                                                                                   

This chapter contains instructions to help you install and configure your NI -488.2
software.

The STD-GPIB is functionally equivalent to the AT-GPIB/TNT and is packaged with the
NI-488.2 software for the AT-GPIB/TNT.  The software includes the following
components:

•

Device driver

•

Hardware and software diagnostic tests

•

Configuration utility

•

Interactive control program

•

Utilities for software development

•

Language interface libraries for Microsoft C and Microsoft Visual Basic for
Windows

•

Example programs that use NI-488 functions and NI-488.2 routines

For a detailed list of files, refer to the NI-488.2 User Manual for Windows.

After you have installed and configured the hardware, you are ready to install the
NI -488.2 software.  Complete the following steps to run the software installation
program.

1.

Insert the NI-488.2 software for Windows distribution disk into an unused drive.

2.

Choose Run...  from the File menu in the Program Manager  window and type the
following command into the dialog box:

x:\setup

where 

x

 is the letter of the drive containing the distribution disk (usually 

a

 or 

b

).