National Instruments NI-488.2 ユーザーズマニュアル

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The NI-488.2 software includes the necessary components to allow 
existing Win32 and Win16 NI-488.2 applications to run properly.

To configure the NI-488.2 software to run existing DOS NI-488.2 
applications, 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.

3.

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

4.

Select your GPIB interface and select Tools»Settings»NI-488.2 from 
the Explorer menu.

5.

Enable or disable DOS support in the NI-488.2 Settings dialog box 
and click on the OK button.

6.

If you are prompted to do so, restart your system.