National Instruments GPIB-232CT-A IBCL EPROM, Getting Started, Page: 10 / 89

Contents
GPIB-232CT-A for MS-DOS/Windows x © National Instruments Corp.
Appendix C
Troubleshooting
................................................................................. C-1
Troubleshooting Hardware Problems ......................................... C-1
Troubleshooting Software Problems .......................................... C-2
Appendix D
DLL Direct Entry NI-488 Functions and
NI-488.2 Routines
............................................................................. D-1
Appendix E
Interfacing to a Serial Device
....................................................... E-1
The RS-232C Standard ............................................................... E-1
Description of the RS-232 Port................................................... E-1
Interfacing Serial Devices to the RS-232 Serial Port ................. E-3
Interfacing the GPIB-232CT-A to a DCE with
Handshaking ................................................................. E-3
Interfacing the GPIB-232CT-A to a DCE without
Handshaking ................................................................. E-5
Minimum Configuration Cable ...................... E-6
Custom Cables ............................................... E-7
Interfacing the GPIB-232CT-A to a DTE with
Handshaking ................................................................. E-7
Interfacing the GPIB-232CT-A to a DTE without
Handshaking ................................................................. E-9
Minimum Configuration Cable ...................... E-9
Custom Cables ............................................... E-10
Appendix F
Customer Communication
............................................................ F-1
Glossary
...................................................................................... Glossary-1