Install the NI-488.2 Software for MS-DOS
Chapter 3
GPIB-232CT-A for MS-DOS/Windows 3-6
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directories, or subdirectories with one these names, you must
rename them.
Step 3. Verify the Software Installation
To load the NI-488.2 software into the memory of the computer, you must
restart the computer. You will typically only have to do this once when you
first install the NI-488.2 software and whenever you need to reconfigure the
hardware settings.
Restart your computer by pressing <Ctrl-Alt-Del>. This restarts the
computer and loads the NI-488.2 software into memory.
After the NI-488.2 software is installed, run
IBTEST
. Running
IBTEST
ensures that the NI-488.2 software is installed properly on your system.
Note:
Before running
IBTEST
, make sure that the GPIB-232CT-A is
not connected to any GPIB devices.
If an error occurs, check the following:
•
Is the GPI B-232CT-A connected to a GPIB device?
IBTEST
requires
that the GPIB-232CT-A not be connected to any GPIB devices.
•
Is the GPIB-232CT-A box powered on?
•
Did you change any of the hardware configurations on the
GPIB -232CT -A box? If so, check the current software configuration of
the software by running
IBCONF
. Make sure that the hardware
settings match. For more information, refer to Chapter 5, Configure
Your Software with IBCONF.
•
Has the
CONFIG.SYS
file on your startup disk been correctly
modified to contain the following line?
device=
dir \gpib.com
where
dir
is the directory to which
INSTALL
copied the NI-488.2
software files; for example,
C:\GPIB-CT
.
•
Did you restart your computer after installing and configuring the
NI -488.2 software? If not, restart your computer and run
IBTEST
again.