Hardware and Software Configuration
Appendix C
GPIB-PCII/IIA for Graphics
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Configuring the Software for Windows
Use the software configuration program,
WIBCONF
, to change or examine the
configuration parameters of the NI-488.2 software handler.
WIBCONF
is not a
Windows application. You can run it to configure the software directly from
Windows.
WIBCONF
operates in much the same way as the NI-488.2 MS-DOS
configuration program,
IBCONF
. However, the following differences exist
between
IBCONF
for MS-DOS and
WIBCONF
for Windows:
•
Instead of configuring the handler file,
GPIB.COM
,
WIBCONF
actually
modifies the configuration file,
GPIB.INI
.
•
Auto-configuration for NI-488.2 GPIB DLLs is not supported.
•
The option of configuring the loaded driver does not apply.
Perform the following steps to change a software parameter to match changes to
the hardware configuration.
1.
Select the
WIBCONF
icon by double-clicking on it.
2.
WIBCONF
displays a prompt asking for parameters. If you used the quick
version of
INSTALL
, press <Enter>.
If you used the interactive version of
INSTALL
and did not install the
software in the default directory,
C:\WINDOWS
, enter the name of your
Windows directory, such as
E:\WINDOWS\GPIB.INI
, for example.
3.
Press any key to display the configuration map.
4.
When the configuration map appears, make sure that
GPIB0
is highlighted
and press <F8> to edit the board configurations.
5.
Using the arrow keys, move the highlight to the board parameter you want
to change.
6.
Use the arrow keys to change the value of the parameter to match the
hardware configuration.
