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ENET-232 and ENET-485 Series User Manual
6
Using Your Serial Device Server
This chapter lists some general programming requirements and describes
how to use the following various options available with your serial device
server:
•
•
•
•
Configuring Transceiver Modes on the ENET-485
•
Changing the Bias Resistors on the ENET-485
General Programming Requirements
Windows 2000/NT 4.0
The serial server software is fully integrated into the standard
Windows 2000/NT communications software. NI serial ports are used
like any other Windows 2000/NT communications (COM) port.
Windows 2000/NT has standard serial communication functions for use
within either Win16 or Win32 applications. For information about
Microsoft Windows serial communication functions, refer to the
Win32
Software Development Kit
and to the
Win32 Overviews
and
Win32
Reference
online help.
If you have LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, or another National
Instruments application software product, and want to use it with your
serial device server, refer to your product documentation for information
about serial I/O functions.
Linux
x
86/Solaris 2.
x
On Linux
x
86/Solaris 2.
x
, you can use the NI-VISA API to control the
serial ports on the serial device server; NI-VISA is the National
Instruments implementation of the industry-standard VISA specification.
You can develop NI-VISA applications using any ANSI C compiler. The
NIvisa
subdirectory of your installation contains more information about
NI-VISA.