Installation and Configuration
Chapter 2
1014/NI-488M/Motorola UNIX
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2.
If
ibtsta
completes with no errors, and a bus analyzer is available,
connect it to the GPIB, and then run
ibtstb
by entering the following
command:
ibtstb
If an error occurs in
ibtsta
or
ibtstb
, refer to Appendix A,
Troubleshooting. If no error occurs, the NI-488M software is installed
correctly.
Step 5. Configure the Software
After the software verification has completed successfully, run the software
configuration utility
ibconf
. It is a screen-oriented utility that you can
use to inspect and modify the default software parameters.
ibconf
is
largely self-explanatory with help screens to explain all commands and
options.
ibconf
also creates all other special files needed by the NI-488M
software.
If you changed the software default settings in the file
gpib1014
, make a
corresponding change to the default parameters shown in
ibconf
.
To run the
ibconf
utility, enter the following command:
ibconf [
file ]
where
[file]
is the full pathname of your UNIX kernel if it is different
than the default,
/stand/sysV68
. Refer to the NI-488M Software
Reference Manual for more details.
ibconf Example
To configure the UNIX kernel with the GPIB-1014 driver installed, enter
the following command:
ibconf
The default UNIX kernel name is
/stand/sysV68
. If you gave your
kernel a different name, use the file option to give the whole pathname of
the UNIX kernel. For example, to run
ibconf
when the kernel being
started is named
/stand/sysV68.new
, enter the following command:
ibconf /stand/sysV68.new
